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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-31

…er, the investigating chamber informs him of the legal consequences of his consent and of its irrevocable nature. When the wanted person maintains his consent to surrender, the Investigating Chamber a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-2

Without prejudice to the application of Article 706-58, in the event of proceedings relating to a felony or misdemeanour mentioned in articles 628,706-73 and 706-73-1, where the hearing of a person re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

…rticle R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communication of information for supervisory purposes whose frequency is less than one year, when the provi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 810

…g to goodwill, a customer base, a right to a lease or to a promise to lease. However, except in the case of real estate or real estate rights that are not included in the contribution of all fixed ass…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 D

…1467 A, under the conditions set out in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of article 44 sexies-0 A and in which it carries out its business on 1st January of the tax year. Where the property belongs to a company in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1456

…e provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code or more than 50% of whose capital is held by persons defined in 1 quinquies of article 207 of this code and holders of coopera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 D

…subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B bis

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-6

All shareholdings in the capital of a commercial company or any other profit-making body whose purpose is not to operate departmental services or activities of general interest under conditions simila…

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