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Showing 841850 of 24963 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 18-DCC-65 du 27 Apr 2018

French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1804

…ble by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to the destruction obligatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1812

…oever makes it impossible for officers authorised to ascertain the said offences to carry out their duties either by refusing them entry to their manufacturing, storage or sales premises, or in any ot…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to the procedure for immediate collection by enforcement officers

Article A37-27-5

When the standard counterfoil receipt provided for in Article A. 37-27-1 is issued by an automated system involving the printing of sheets to be given to the offender or the perpetrator of the offence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-18

The Public Prosecutor shall receive requests for recognition and enforcement in the territory of the Republic of convictions or probation decisions handed down by the courts of other Member States. It…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27-1

…e and rescue service board of directors, who receive, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1424-27, allowances for the actual performance of their duties, are affiliated to the supplementary pensi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27-1

…ors are to be appointed, the appointment of one of the directors in accordance with one of the procedures set out in 1° to 3° and of the other by the European Works Council, if it exists, or, for Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to the procedure for immediate collection by enforcement officers

Article A37-27-1

…up using a secure electronic device whose characteristics are defined by article A. 37-19; the procedures for drawing up these minutes are set out in article A. 37-27-2. To collect the fine or deposit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-2 du code de la consommation

…tation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity. During this period, the consumer is only required to establish the existence of the lack of conformi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-18

The right to object provided for in article 38 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne s'applique pas au traitement automatisé.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-18

Organising competitions at the end of which an international, national, regional or departmental championship title or a title likely to be confused with one of these titles is awarded without being t…

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