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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1784

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles 1727 and 1731, no late payment interest or surcharge is applicable where the advance payment determined in accordance with the rules laid down in article 169…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1786

For the application of the penalties provided for in the event of fraudulent manoeuvres, any purchase for which a regular invoice is not represented that conforms to the nature, quantity and value of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D4021-1-1

In order to be recognised as a National Professional Council within the meaning of Article L. 4021-3, bodies set up on the initiative of healthcare professionals, by profession or speciality, must mee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-1

A person who may be held civilly liable for an offence of manslaughter or unintentional bodily harm resulting in any damage to another person that may be covered by an insurer must specify the name an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 385-1

In the cases provided for by articles 388-1 and 388-2, a plea based on a ground of nullity or on a clause of the insurance contract and seeking to exclude the insurer from the case must, on pain of fo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice of concession

Article R3122-1

The awarding authority which intends to award a concession contract shall publish a concession notice which includes, in particular, a description of the concession and the conditions for participatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B undecies

1. Communes and their public establishments for inter-communal cooperation that have instituted the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with articles 1379-0 bis, 1520 and 1609 quater…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-1

I.-When a request for a person to be admitted for psychiatric care has been submitted under the conditions provided for in 1° of II of article L. 3212-1 or when an imminent danger to the person's heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-1

I.-When a request for admission to psychiatric care has been submitted under the conditions provided for in 1° of II of article L. 3212-1 or when an imminent danger to the patient's health has been es…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-8-1

Examination committees, which may include the specialist examiners referred to in article A. 822-8, present to the selection board, under whose authority they are placed, proposals for marking candida…

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