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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-3

…jections is forwarded to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee. Articles R. 232-90-1 and R. 241-17 to R. 241-24 are then applied. The Agency informs the interested party that he is invited to pres…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-16

The victim may terminate the settlement within fifteen days of its conclusion by registered letter or by electronic registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Any clause in the settlement by wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673 bis

…s on 31 December or if no financial year ends during the year, the payment is made no later than 15 May. (1).(1) See Annex II, art. 379.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources.

Article R512-16

Funds allocated to the Regional Mutual Credit Banks by the central body of Crédit Agricole, either as advances for their own loans or advances, or for loans granted through them by the central body of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-16

…compiled. After this period, the files are transferred to the national archives. These departments may, however, keep a copy of extracts from the anonymised files with a view to carrying out experime…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-16

…ember is convicted of a criminal offence or is struck off the roll of doctors, he or she is automatically excluded from the cooperative. When the company has more than two members, the exclusion of a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater B

…ied actual taxation scheme provided for in article 302 septies A not allowed to file its returns by calendar quarter in accordance with the last paragraph of 2 of Article 287 may choose to declare and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-2

…implicit rejection of the request provided for in the previous article, the judicial police officer may lodge an appeal with a commission composed of three judges of the Court of Cassation holding the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-16

…conditions under which the definitive price will be determined, within the limit of a ceiling that may be revised;2° The deadline by which the definitive price must be set;3° The accounting rules wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16

In the exercise of their powers, the sentence enforcement courts may carry out or have carried out, throughout the national territory, all examinations, hearings, investigations, expert reports, requi…

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