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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-7

…ject, as a security measure, to the obligations set out in this article. The person is required to: 1° Provide proof of his or her address, a first time after receiving information about the measures…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-7

…the hearing closing the investigation pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 1546-1, the acts and documents referred to in articles 1564-1,1564-3 and 1564-4 are communicated to…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 nonies

Customs officials and officials under the authority of the Minister for Energy are authorised to provide each other, on request or spontaneously, with all information and documents held or collected i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2b: Debt collection disputes

Article 349 nonies

Any dispute relating to the recovery of sums in application of this code must be addressed to the accounting officer responsible for recovery within two months of notification of the debt recovery act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 N

…is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company under the conditions set out in article 199 ter L.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 nonies

…realised on the disposal of undeveloped land or a similar asset within the meaning of A of article 1594-0 G may, for income tax or corporation tax purposes, be applied, at the request of the taxpayer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Abolition of tax benefits for businesses in the event of non-compliance with value added tax reporting obligations

Article 302 nonies

The income tax or corporation tax reliefs provided for in Articles 44 octies A, 44 terdecies, 44 quaterdecies, 44 quindecies, 44 sexdecies and 44 septdecies do not apply where one or more turnover dec…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-7

The effects on French nationality of annexations and cessions of territories are governed by the following provisions, in the absence of treaty stipulations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-7

…following are not considered to be items of equipment of a structure within the meaning of articles 1792, 1792-2, 1792-3 and 1792-4 items of equipment, including their accessories, whose sole function…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-178

…vestigating judge and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court mentioned in Article 706-176 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that same article, concurrent j…

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