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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1777

Where the offender is a company or association, the penalties provided for in article 1771 and in the second paragraph of the article 1775, are personally applicable to chairmen, managing directors, d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1776

As regards the offences referred to in articles 1771 to 1775, the court will order, at the request of the administration, that the judgment be published in full or in extracts in the Journal officiel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Import

Article 1790

Penalties relating to offences committed in respect of taxes collected and controlled under the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as customs duti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 quater

For the allowances and pensions mentioned in 1 and 5 of Article 12 of Decision of the European Parliament 2005/684/EC of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-190

The aptitude test is organised at national level under the responsibility of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne, site of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme, in conjunction with the Mini…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-19

The administrative authority issues a declaration receipt to the organiser when the application is complete. This receipt is also sent by the prefect to the local police authorities concerned by the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Appointment to new or vacant offices

Article R742-19

The creation of a commercial court clerk's office is advertised by order of the Minister of Justice, Minister of Justice, indicating the amount of the compensation and setting the deadline for submitt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment and role of the rapporteur

Article R4234-19

Under the authority of the President of the Chamber and with the assistance of the Registrar of that Chamber, the rapporteur is empowered to hear the parties, take evidence and make any findings that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

…e total amount of the contributions, excluding the amount of expenditure deducted under article L. 5212-11, the employer shall pay the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of a State nursing diploma.

Article D4311-19

…for access to preparatory studies for the State diploma for students mentioned in article L. 4383-2-1. Admission to these competitive examinations leads to admission to one of the nursing training ins…

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