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Showing 53115320 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 37

…the last taxed period or, in the case of a new business, from the commencement of operations until 31 December of the year in question. These same profits are then deducted from the results of the ba…

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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 Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…gular document of title or if they are presented under cover of a non-applicable document of title. 3. All import or export authorisation titles (licences or other similar titles) may not, under any c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-3-1

The accused must appear before the assize court ruling on the appeal of the public prosecution within one year from either the appeal, if the accused is detained, or the date on which the accused was…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Agents de police municipale, gardes champêtres, agents de surveillance de Paris and agents de la ville de Paris chargé d'un service de police (municipal police officers, rural wardens, Paris surveillance officers and Paris city police officers)

Article R15-33-29-3

…Paris in charge of a police force, may, pursuant to the provisions of the articles L. 2212-5, L. 2213-18, L. 2512-16-1 and L. 2512-16 du code général des collectivités territoriales, record by officia…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial transactions

Article R121-38

…s and Stateless Persons is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.The Office's Director General may set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-3-1

…ew to use in another Member State of the European Union include the information provided for in 1°, 3° and 7° of article R. 5132-3 and also indicate: 1° The common name of the medicinal product prescr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The adopted person

Article 344

…Wards of the State for whom the family council for wards of the State has consented to the adoption;3° Children judicially declared abandoned under the conditions provided for in articles 381-1 and 38…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…g, including those of the European regulations on restrictive measures adopted pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as those adopted pursuant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

…40. It shall deal with breaches detected during inspections carried out pursuant to Article L. 561-36-2: 1° By the Minister for the Economy or the Minister for the Budget for the persons mentioned in…

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