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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R154

In the event of the accused being transferred either to another investigating court or to another Assize Court, if they have already received a copy of the documents prescribed in Article 279, they ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R157

Whenever proceedings in criminal, correctional or police matters are transmitted to any court or tribunal whatsoever, or to the Ministry of Justice, the proceedings and exhibits shall be sent in minut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R158

In all cases where the documents of a proceeding are sent, the court clerk is required to attach an inventory, which he shall draw up free of charge, as prescribed in article 586.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 638

In the absence of deeds, transfers of ownership or usufruct of immovable property, businesses, clienteles or offices and transfers of the right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 639

In the absence of deeds, transfers of shares, founders' shares and profit shares in companies whose corporate rights are not traded on a regulated financial instruments market within the meaning of Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 640

In the absence of deeds, transfers of enjoyment for life or for an unlimited period of real estate, business assets or customer lists must be declared within one month of the entry into enjoyment.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Offences relating to declarations and documents containing information to be used for tax assessment or settlement purposes

Article 1728

1. Failure to file within the prescribed time limit a declaration or deed containing an indication of items to be taken into account for the assessment or liquidation of the tax shall result in the ap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111 ter

The conversion of a company that is not exempt from corporation tax into an open-ended investment company has the same tax consequences as the distribution of its liquidation surplus.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115 ter

Where a company having its registered office in France and liable to the tax provided for in Chapter II of this Title carries on business in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Po…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

1. In the event of a merger or demerger of companies, the allocation of securities, sums or values to the members of the transferring company in consideration for the cancellation of the securities of…

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