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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825 A

…quantities of spirits in his possession must be declared and taken in charge or subjected to tax, after deduction of those for which he has provided proof of previous payment of duties.The benefit of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article A312-12

The Prefect submits the application for approval, together with the attached documents and the opinion of the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee, to the National Sports Venue Saf…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article A312-10

…irman: 1° Seven representatives of the State, ex officio members:a) Two representatives of the Minister for Sport:- the head of the office responsible for equipment in the Department of Sport or his r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article A312-11

After receiving the opinion of the Commission nationale de sécurité des enceintes sportives, the Prefect approves outdoor sports arenas with a capacity of 15,000 spectators or more and indoor sports a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1739 A

Without prejudice to the taxation of interest unduly exempted under 7° of Article 157, natural persons who have knowingly opened a Livret A in contravention of the provisions of the third paragraph of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities

Article A462-1

In application of IV and V of Article L. 462-9-1, the uniform instrument is drawn up in accordance with the model attached as Annex 4-3 to this book.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R312-14

…ental payments and the final sale price. III.-Payment of rents by the lessee: 3.1. Proposed payment terms. IV.-Securities and insurance: 4.1. Where applicable, the surname, first name, address of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Counting and crossing a workforce threshold

Article L6332-1 A

For the purposes of this chapter, the number of employees is determined in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article L. 130-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 8: Professional reorganisation procedure

Article A743-16

All of the services performed by the commercial court clerk in the context of a professional recovery procedure appearing in number 145 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 gives rise to the col…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Rates

Article A132-19

The age shifts provided for in the eighth paragraph of article A. 132-18 are applied in such a way that each annual mortality rate at a given age is equal to the annual mortality rate at the age that…

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