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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article R41-11

In application of Article 523, the police court may not be constituted by a magistrate exercising a temporary function or an honorary magistrate exercising jurisdictional functions for the trial of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V BIS : General provisions

Article R249-11

The following categories of personal data may be recorded: 1° Concerning witnesses, victims, accused persons, persons under investigation or placed under the status of assisted witness, persons prosec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 170 ter

…payer subject to the obligation to file an annual tax return under the conditions provided for in 1 of article 170 and who claims the benefit of deductions from overall income, tax reductions or credi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-11

The prefectoral decree granting approval is published in the prefecture's Recueil des actes administratifs. Approval is valid for five years.The decision by which the Prefect or, where applicable, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-17

I.-The categories of personal data recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 2143-16 are: 1° In the case of persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third-party donor: a) Data re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-17

When it is established that the operating conditions of the laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding the aut…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-17-1

The distribution or sale of printed matter or objects during an event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with the agreeme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1137

Acquisitions of properties in the nature of woods and forests and bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1136

Transactions carried out by the State and governed by Title III of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-17

…règlements pécuniaires des avocats shall forward the declaration, as appropriate, to the President of the Ordre des avocats au Conseil d'Etat et à la Cour de cassation or to the President of the Bar…

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