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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of holders

Article 308

…icable, hallmarked. The appliances must remain sealed during periods when they are not in use. They may be kept at home or deposited in a premises approved by the administration (1). (1) See also livr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 32

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3-1

…ee with the names proposed, if no proposal is made or if the proposals are incomplete, the Director may request a new list within fifteen days. In the event of further disagreement, he shall appoint t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 386

…ised jointly, both parents are jointly and severally liable.The State is liable for any damage that may be caused by the guardianship judge and the director of the judicial registry services of the ju…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38

1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 33 ter, 40 to 43 bis and 151 sexies, taxable profit is net profit, determined on the basis of the overall results of operations of any kind carried out by comp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The family council

Article 399

…ncluding the guardian and the subrogated guardian, but not the judge. Members of the family council may include the parents and relatives of the minor's father and mother and any person, resident in F…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 347

The President declares the debates closed. He may not summarise the pleas of the prosecution and the defence. He orders that the record of the proceedings be deposited in the hands of the clerk of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…half of the tenant by the owner for which the latter has been unable to obtain reimbursement, as at 31 December of the year in which the tenant left;a quater) The provisions for expenses, whether or n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R744-34

The administrative authority competent to authorise or refuse a journalist access to a place of detention pursuant to article L. 744-15 is the prefect of the département in which the place of detentio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R744-36

A journalist's access to the detention centre must not interfere with its operation or the activities carried out there by the State services and third parties involved. The journalist shall respect t…

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