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Showing 151160 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Leasing of services.

Article 1780

Services may only be engaged for a specific time, or for a specific undertaking. A hire of service, made without determination of duration, may always be terminated by the will of one of the contracti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1767

1. Companies that fail to comply with the requirements set out in article 243 bis are liable to a tax fine equal to 5% of the amount of income concerned, which may not exceed €750 per distribution. Co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1741

…he proceeds of the offence. The penalties are increased to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €3,000,000, which may be increased to double the proceeds of the offence, where the acts were committ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1747

…fusal of tax, will be punished by the penalties provided for in Article 1 of the law of 18 August 1936 repressing attacks on the nation's credit. Any person who incites the public to refuse or delay p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 172

…st, in addition, send the administration the declarations and information provided for in Articles 53 A, 97 or Article 38 sexdecies Q of Annex III to this code. 2° (Repealed). 3° The declarations refe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1719

…the occupant ;2° To maintain this thing in a condition to serve the purpose for which it was leased;3° To ensure that the lessee enjoys it peacefully for the duration of the lease;4° To also ensure th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1795

…ystems or technical interventions are designed to enable one of the acts mentioned in 1° of Article 1743 of this Code, in Article 1791 ter, in 3° and 5° of article 1794, in article 1797 and at 3°, 8°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1799

…deposits of objects, products or goods subject to the duties or regulations of the indirect taxes ; 3° Any trader who has induced a winegrower to falsify his harvest declaration and has himself, for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179

…This order shall specify, if applicable, that the accused benefits from the provisions of Article 132-78 of the Criminal Code. The settlement order puts an end to pre-trial detention, house arrest wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Obligations of agents

Article 1704

…his receipt and shall distinctly state therein the proportion of each duty collected. 2. (Repealed) 3. Where formalities other than the merged formality are involved, the receipt for the land registra…

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