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Showing 1120 of 67437 articles for Art. I-5° bis and Art. 35 bis

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D35

Where a letter rogatory prescribes simultaneous operations at various points in the territory, the examining magistrate may order its distribution by any means to the examining magistrates or judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R35

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-5

Ability test provided for in article R. 321-67 Legal subjects Voluntary and judicial sales: concepts and distinctions; applicable texts. Taxation. Resale rights. Intervention by the State: right of pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…ount of this income is deemed to be equal to the difference between the nominal amount of the issue and the fraction transferred outside France, plus interest capitalised up to this twelfth anniversar…

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

Article A35-1

The headquarters and jurisdiction of the territorial judicial police departments of the territorial directorates of the national police are determined in accordance with the following table: DIRECTION…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis-0 I

…declaration of its results, the company produces:A statement that mentions the nature, consistency and characteristics of the assets transferred or the property acquired in lieu, the person, body, tr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 I bis

I.-Where they have applied the provisions of I of article 1464 I, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

…f recovery provided for in Article 103(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicable to the c…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 bis

Where a person has unduly paid national duties and taxes recovered in accordance with the procedures of this Code, he may obtain reimbursement, unless the duties and taxes have been passed on to the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Jurisdiction ratione materiae.

Article 357 bis

…he payment, guarantee or reimbursement of debts of any kind recovered by the customs administration and other customs matters that do not fall within the jurisdiction of the criminal courts.

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