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Showing 101110 of 52951 articles for Art. 80 bis IV al. 2

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 800

…claim is time-barred. The decision is notified to the claimant in the manner set out in article R. 228. The stakeholder may lodge an appeal against the decision establishing the foreclosure within th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 809

…w Caledonia corresponding to those of the metropolitan officials and agents referred to in articles 22 to 29 are entrusted with certain judicial police functions under the conditions and within the li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 801

Any time limit provided by a provision of criminal procedure for the performance of an act or formality expires on the last day at twenty-four hours. Any time limit that would normally expire on a Sat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 802

In the event of a breach of the forms prescribed by law on pain of nullity or a failure to observe essential formalities, any court, including the Cour de cassation, which is seised of an application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 806

…nalties incurred pursuant to this Code are pronounced in local currency, taking into account the equivalent value of the euro in that currency..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HM

A decree sets out the procedures for applying articles 238 bis HE to 238 bis HL, in particular the procedures for issuing approvals, reporting obligations and, where applicable, the standard clauses o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HF

The approval provided for in article 238 bis HE is issued by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to original French-language works, as defined in the decree issued in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HR

I. - In the event of non-compliance with the condition of exclusivity of their activity or in the event of transfer of their co-ownership shares referred to in Article 238 bis HP within a period of le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279-0 bis

…% on improvement, conversion, development and maintenance work other than that mentioned in article 278-0 bis A relating to premises for residential use, completed more than two years ago, with the ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 B bis

…tible from the overall result, up to the higher of the following two amounts:1° Three million euros;2° 30% of the group's result determined under the conditions of II.The amount of three million euros…

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