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Showing 10111020 of 56985 articles for Art. 796-0 bis and 796-0 quater

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-21

…of this Code before an investigating court, court that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution must, on pain of inadmissibility, present this argument…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-24

When the plea that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution is raised by a detainee, in support of a request that may be made by handing it to the head…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-29

…he first time in the appeal proceedings, the plea that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution shall be presented in a separate written statement setti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article D744-4

Article D. 213-0-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree No. 2017-1165 of 12 July 2017.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1741 A

…nal Assembly;5° Two qualified personalities, appointed by the president of the Senate.The elections and appointments referred to in the first six paragraphs of this article shall respect the principle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 53 A

Subject to the provisions of article 302 septies A bis, taxpayers other than those subject to the regime defined in article 50-0 (1), are required to submit annual tax returns, in accordance with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-114

The subdivision of undivided property (number 91 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, in the case of drawing lots or amicable allocation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules

Article L224-20

The collective company retirement savings plan must be able to receive the payments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 224-2, made in cash. The plan must also be able to receive sums from the compul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Capping of the territorial economic contribution

Article 1647 B sexies

…Article 50-0 or in l'article 102 ter, equal to 80% of the difference between the amount of receipts and, where applicable, that of purchases made during the tax year;b) For other taxpayers, that defin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quinquies

I.-The beneficiary of the income and sums subject to the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis (2) and articles 182 A bis and 182 B may request that the tax thus paid be refunded to him, in…

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