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Showing 110 of 62625 articles for Art. 3° and Art. 212

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212

…ithin the limit of those calculated on the basis of the rate provided for in the first paragraph of 3° of 1 of the same Article 39 or, if they are higher, on the basis of the rate that this borrowing…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 212

The spouses owe each other mutual respect, fidelity, help, assistance.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 212

Decrees issued by the Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation set out the terms and conditions for the application of the open livestock account system.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 212

If the investigating chamber considers that the facts do not constitute a crime, offence or contravention or if the perpetrator remains unknown or if there are insufficient charges against the person…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 212

Witnesses cannot read any drafts.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21-2

…ce or national gendarmerie with territorial jurisdiction. They shall immediately send their reports and minutes simultaneously to the mayor and, via the judicial police officers mentioned in the previ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-12

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident and whose articles of association aim to combat road traffic crime and to defend or assist the victims…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-2

…by declaration provided that at the date of this declaration the community of life, both affective and material, has not ceased between the spouses since the marriage and that the French spouse has r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212 bis

…ting the taxable income subject to corporation tax at the rates referred to in the second paragraph and in b of I of Article 219 des montants suivants :1° Net financial charges determined in accordanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Printing costs

Article R212

…urt or tribunal jurisdiction by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, as the case may be, and which may only be executed with the prior approval of the Minister of Justice. However, in the a…

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