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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 238

On a proposal from the public prosecutor, the roll for each session is drawn up by the president of the assize court or, at the request of the public prosecutor, by the first president of the court of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 23

…until a date to be set by decree, be established by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the Minister responsible for the resource.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 235

…transfers its port of registry to another part of the same territory is required to pay any difference that may exist between the customs duties, duties and taxes, other than those mentioned in the co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Annual tax on vacant dwellings.

Article 232

…continuous urbanisation zone of more than fifty thousand inhabitants where there is a marked imbalance between the supply of and demand for housing resulting in serious difficulties in accessing housi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237

Expenses relating to advertising prohibited by the articles L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 and L. 3323-5 of the Public Health Code are not deductible in determining profits subject to income tax or corporation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236

I. - For income tax or corporation tax purposes, operating expenses incurred in scientific or technical research operations may, at the company's option, be capitalised or deducted from the results fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

…at the rate provided for in the second paragraph of a of I of article 219 the net income from the licensing of the following items having the character of intangible fixed assets:1° Patents, utility c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Taxation of partnerships, joint ventures, public interest groups, limited liability companies, limited liability farms and professional non-trading companies. Option for capital companies

Article 239

…of a limited liability company and the partners of agricultural holdings is established in accordance with the rules set out in the articles 62 and 162.The option must be notified before the end of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2300

…ntered into, manifestly disproportionate to the income and assets of the guarantor, it shall be reduced to the amount to which the guarantor could have committed himself at that date..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2301

The person who undertakes to provide a legal or judicial guarantee must be sufficiently solvent to meet the obligation. If this guarantor becomes insolvent, the debtor must substitute another guaranto…

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