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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 146

…ation, it appears that the case cannot be classified as a criminal offence, the investigating judge may, after communicating the case file to the public prosecutor for the purpose of making requisitio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-18

In the event of lack of conformity, the consumer is entitled to demand that the digital content or digital service be brought into conformity with the criteria set out in paragraph 1 of this subsectio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1405

…or which they acquire during the marriage by succession, gift or legacy, remains separate. The gift may stipulate that the property which is the subject of it shall belong to the community. The proper…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-25

…ey General intends to refuse authorisation, he will inform the person concerned, specifying that he may, within a period of fifteen days, examine his case file and be heard, where appropriate, with th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Cadastral changes and changes affecting the tax debtor

Article 1404

…tax, the tax relief for this assessment is granted provided that the obligations set out in article 1402 have been complied with. The tax payable by the legal taxpayer for the same year is assessed in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax debtor

Article 1401

Taxpayers may only be released from the taxation to which wasteland and waste land, moorland and heathland and land habitually flooded or devastated by water must be subject if these properties are re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1413

I. - Taxpayers may appeal against their omission from the roll within the period provided for in Article R. 196-2 of the Book of Tax Procedures.II. - When, in respect of a year, an assessment of counc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

…ansactions, where they have entered into an agreement with the State in accordance with article L. 851-1 of the Social Security Code, in respect of housing they let for subletting or temporary allocat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-14

The intervention of the inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions does not alter the nature and extent of the responsibilities incumbent on the participants in the building or ci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations

Article L722-14

…risk-based procedures, including procedures based on the risk assessment referred to in Article L. 561-4-1, to determine whether to carry out, reject or suspend a transfer of funds that is not accomp…

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