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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22-1

…the scope of Article 706-16 for which the jurisdiction provided for in Article 706-17 has not been exercised, the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court, the Paris Enforcement Court a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-75-1

Within each judicial court whose territorial jurisdiction is extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal, the public prosecutor and the first president, after consulting the public pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-3

…searched is subject to a legal protection measure revealing that he or she is not in a position to exercise alone his or her right to oppose the carrying out of this operation, the officer shall noti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 207

1. The following are exempt from corporation tax:1° (provisions no longer applicable);1° bis. Professional trade unions, whatever their legal form, and their unions for their activities relating to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

…on concerning activities or professions involving contact with minors as well as for monitoring the exercise of these activities or professions ;4° To registry officers specially authorised by the hea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 206

…f which are paid to bodies other than those mentioned in this paragraph or to public bodies for the exercise of profit-making activities, are deemed to be profit-making.The organisations mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208

Sont également exonérés de l'impôt sous réserve des dispositions de l'article 208 A : 1° (Abrogé à compter du 1er janvier 1993) ; 1° bis-Les sociétés d'investissement qui sont régies par les articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209

…ng to the branch of activity contributed.Authorisation is granted when:a) The transaction is economically justified and has principal motivations other than tax;b) The activity at the origin of the lo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…tual contact with minors has been established in the course of the investigation or enquiry and the exercise of which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the administration. He shall also inform…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-9

…6 of the Criminal Code or articles L. 224-1 and L. 225-7 of the Internal Security Code, and for the exercise of the due diligence provided for in articles 706-25-7,706-25-8 and 706-25-10 of this code.…

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