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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Suspensive arrangements

Article 277 A

…characteristics of the warehouse or suspensive tax regime requested. Orders issued by the Minister may institute simplified procedures and delegate decision-making powers to tax or customs officials;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Corsica

Article 297

…2° 2.10% as regards:The transactions referred to in 1°, 1°-00 bis, 1°-0 bis and 3° of A of Article 278-0 bis and Article 278 bis relating to products delivered in Corsica;The services referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-273

A dental surgeon is prohibited from managing or accepting management of a dental practice, unless authorisation is granted in exceptional cases by the Conseil national de l'ordre after consulting the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-27

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 232-26 of this Code shall also be liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Confiscation of the substances or processes, object…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-27

The operating conditions of the collective guarantee body mentioned in article R. 211-26, in particular the conditions of membership, resignation, control over members, granting, withdrawal and implem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-27

…other than that concerning their artistic creation, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7124-13, is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by two years' imprisonmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-27

I. - The emoluments provided for in I of Article R. 663-29 are set proportionally:1° To the amount of the total price, inclusive of all taxes, of the assets sold, after deduction of the remuneration,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of seizure

Article R3252-27

Every month, the employer sends the court registry a sum equal to the portion of the salary that may be seized. Where there is only one seizing creditor, payment is made by means of a cheque drawn up…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions under which the purchaser may reject the subcontractor proposed by the contractor

Article R2393-21

For the purposes of Article L. 2393-8, the capabilities of subcontractors are assessed in particular with regard to the security of information, the security of supplies or the ability to perform the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-29

…rms and conditions for the involvement of the public health establishment referred to in article R. 6111-27 are set out in a protocol signed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the…

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