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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1802

The provisions of Article 1801 shall not apply:1° To the offences referred to in articles 1797 and 1810; 2° Aux infractions au régime économique de l'alcool et au monopole des tabacs.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1075

From the outset of the proceedings, the spouses shall, where applicable, make known, with the information necessary for their identification, the sickness insurance fund to which they are affiliated,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1076

A spouse who files an application for divorce may, in any event, and even on appeal, substitute for it an application for legal separation. Reverse substitution is prohibited.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1077

The claim may be based on only one of the cases provided for in the third to sixth paragraphs of Article 229 of the Civil Code. Any claim made in the alternative in any other case is inadmissible. Exc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1078

The application shall mention, where applicable, the existence of a protection order concerning the spouses that is in force on the date it is submitted. The order, together with proof of its notifica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions relating to associated communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and delegated communes

Article R2113-19

The provisions of Article R. 2511-22 are applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Closed-end funds governed by foreign law whose units or shares are traded on a financial instruments market

Article L214-138

When the units or shares of a closed-end investment fund established under foreign law are admitted to trading on a financial instruments market referred to in Article L. 421-1 or a multilateral tradi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1691 ter

It is granted to heirs and, where applicable, to cohabitants liable for payment of the persons mentioned in 1° to 2° ter and 7° to 10° of I of l'article 796 :1°(Repealed);2° For income tax, a discharg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-10

The contractor-employee contract referred to in 2° of Article L. 7331-2 specifies the deadlines and procedures by which the contractor-employee becomes a member of the cooperative under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-1

The activity and employment cooperative assumes all the legal, regulatory and contractual obligations inherent in the exercise of the economic activity of each employee-entrepreneur with whom it concl…

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