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

Article 61

1. All drivers of means of transport must comply with the orders of customs officers. 2. The latter may use appropriate equipment that complies with the technical standards defined by order of the Min…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64

…ort mentioning: 1° The reasons justifying the placement in police custody, in accordance with 1° to 6° of l'article 62-2 ; 2° The duration of the hearings of the person in police custody and the rest…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 645

The increases in time limits provided for in articles 643 and 644 apply in all cases where they are not expressly derogated from. The time limits for judicial appeals in election matters are subject t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-6

…1° A member of the Conseil d'Etat appointed by the vice-president of the Conseil d'Etat, chairman; 2° A member of the Cour des Comptes appointed by the first president of the Cour des Comptes; 3° A m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Prosecution and jurisdiction

Article 692

In the cases provided for in the previous chapter, no proceedings may be brought against a person who can prove that he or she has been finally tried abroad for the same acts and, in the event of conv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 00Ib: Electronic filing of returns

Article 1649 quater B quater

…les or total gross assets shown on the balance sheet are greater than or equal to 400 million euros;2° Natural or legal persons or legal or de facto groupings of persons holding, at the close of the f…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 615

In the case of indivisibility with regard to several parties the appeal of one party has effect with regard to the others even if they are not joined in the cassation proceedings. In the same case, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C bis

Distributions made by the sociétés unipersonnelles d'investissement à risque mentioned in Article 208 D are exempt from income tax and, unless they are paid in an uncooperative State or territory with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-67

Documents relating to an inter vivos gift (numbers 16 to 19 of table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the value in full ownership (including in the case of a usufruct res…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

…s the constitution of rights in rem in immovable property referred to in a of 1° of amended article 28 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 ; 2° Transfers of use of businesses, customer lists or immo…

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