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Showing 121130 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 218

…is chamber has ruled on the settlement of proceedings, is subject to the sole review of the Cour de cassation, whether the appeal is immediately admissible or whether it can only be examined with the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 213

…gating Chamber considers that the facts constitute a misdemeanour or a contravention, it orders the case to be referred to the Criminal Court, in the first case, and to the Police Court, in the second…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 214

If the acts charged against the persons under investigation constitute an offence classified as a felony by law, the investigating chamber shall order the indictment before the assize court or before…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 217

Except in the case provided for in Article 196, the parties' lawyers are notified of the judgments within three days by registered letter. In the same way and within the same time limits, the parties…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions for import and export.

Article 21

In the event of mobilisation, in the event of clear aggression requiring the country to provide for its own defence, in periods of external tension when circumstances so require, the Government may re…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 212

…the Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation set out the terms and conditions for the application of the open livestock account system.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 211

…income tax in the name of the beneficiaries under the conditions set out in Article 62.For the application of this article, managers who do not personally own shares in the company are considered to b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 213

…allowed as deductible expenses for tax purposes.The same applies, without prejudice to taxes which cannot be deducted by virtue of 4° of 1 of Article 39, to the taxes provided for in 1° of Article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218

…in the name of the legal entity or association for all of its taxable activities in France. In the cases referred to in 4 of Article 206, the tax is established in the name of the company or the mana…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to borough mayors, deputy borough mayors and borough councillors (R).

Article R2511-21

For the application of article R. 2123-5, the number of hours credited for one quarter is equal to: 1° One hundred and five hours for arrondissement mayors; 2° Fifty-two and a half hours for deputy ar…

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