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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZA

I. - Are subject to an additional tax to the tax on commercial surfaces provided for by the article 3 of law no. 72-657 of 13 July 1972 instituting measures in favour of certain categories of elderly…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 12: The draft plan.

Article R631-34-4

The articles R. 626-7 and R. 626-8, relating to the consultation of creditors, and Subsection 4 of Section 1 of Chapter VI of Title II of this Book, relating to the settlement of public claims, are ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Adaptation to overseas France

Article R1413-89-3

For the application of articles R. 1413-67 to R. 1413-89-1 and articles R. 1413-90 and R. 1413-91 to French Guyana and Martinique, the reference to the regional level is understood to be the reference…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-3

When the summonses provided for in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of article D. 48-2 have not been given to the convicted person at the end of the hearing or by the Sentence Enforcement Office, these summonses are…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-3

Manufacturers and importers of multifunction mobile telephones shall ensure: 1° From the date on which the first unit of a model is placed on the national market, the availability of the following spa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-35-2

The warrant to bring in a person issued in an emergency by the public prosecutor pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 712-17 may be sent by any means to the police service or gendarmerie unit re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations, confrontations and reconstructions

Article D32-2-3

In application of the last paragraph of Article 118 and in accordance with the provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article 52-1, the investigating judge of the court that does not have an investigati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 12: The draft plan.

Article R631-34-6

The application made by the receiver in accordance with article L. 631-9-1 shall be made to the president of the court by summons from the company. The president of the court shall rule on this applic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-3

The certificate referred to in article R. 211-21-2 is issued by the insurance undertaking within a maximum of fifteen days of taking out the contract and renewed when subsequent premiums or portions o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-3

I. - The contractual termination procedure may be initiated by the practitioner or the establishment to which he/she belongs. II. - The requesting party shall inform the other party by registered lett…

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