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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and offences is that provided for by this Code, subject to the provisions of this Title: 1° Crime…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…the period of time that this magistrate determines and which may not exceed twenty-four hours, renewable by express decision and with reasons in accordance with the same procedure, officers of the jud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…d down by the provisions of Chapters I and II of this Title, the European provisions directly applicable in terms of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, including those of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B quater

…rsons belonging to a group covered by the tax regime provided for in Article 223 A or Article 223 A bis when it includes at least one person mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3°.For the companies mentioned in 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

…ement à risques), at least 70% of whose assets consist of financial securities, shares in limited liability companies and current account advances, as defined by I and 1° of II of article L. 214-28, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Levy on dividends

Article 117 quater

…hin the meaning of article 4 B who benefit from distributed income mentioned in articles 108 to 117 bis and 120 to 123 bis are subject to a levy at the rate of 12.8% .For the calculation of this levy,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 G

I. - Municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax system may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 quater

…application of this article, turnover means the turnover mentioned in 1 of II of article 1586 ter.I bis. - When a company, regardless of its income tax regime, the place of establishment, the composit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…pledge a securities account as defined in article L. 211-20 and mobilise all or part of the receivables they hold in accordance with articles L. 211-36 to L. 211-40 or in accordance with articles L.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties.

Article 459

…horisations or by failing to comply with the conditions attached to such authorisations, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of five years, confiscation of the corpus delicti, confiscation of t…

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