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Showing 28012810 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1727

I. - Any tax claim, the establishment or collection of which is the responsibility of the tax authorities, which has not been paid within the legal time limit shall give rise to the payment of late pa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 62

…3 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the EU and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, Chapter II of Title V of Book I of the Monetary and Financial Code and Regulation (EU) No 952/…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cultural identity: powers of the territorial collectivity of Corsica in terms of education and culture

Article L4424-2

…1 of the Education Code. The second and third paragraphs of this article shall apply from 1 January 2005. Articles 104 to 111 of the loi n° 2004-809 du 13 août 2004 relative aux libertés et responsabi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…of national or European scope, under the conditions provided for in 8° of III of Article 194 of Law no. 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021 on combating climate disruption and strengthening resilience to its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Optional taxes

Article 1582

I.-The communes in whose territory mineral water springs are located may institute, for their own benefit, a contribution on these waters.The deliberation instituting the contribution or modifying its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1741

…the offender. The sentence of ineligibility shall be mentioned throughout its duration in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record provided for in article 775 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. These di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-102

Any doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who becomes aware of a serious case of pharmacodependence, abuse or misuse of a substance, plant, medicinal product or other product mentioned in article R. 5132-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-9

The loss of French nationality takes effect: 1° In the case provided for in article 23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…222-1 à 222-40, 223-1 à 223-15, 223-15-2, 224-1 à 224-4, 225-5 à 225-15, 225-17, 226-1 à 226-23, 227-1 à 227-27, 311-1 à 311-13, 312-1 à 312-12, 313-1 à 313-3, 314-1 à 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6 and 511-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…n one establishment and whose total value of assets is greater than or equal to 40 billion euros on 27 June 2019 shall be required to have one intermediate parent undertaking or, where deemed necessar…

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