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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Simultaneous application of several penalties

Article 1729 A bis

I. - Fines or surcharges imposed on legal entities for serious breaches characterised by an amount of evaded duties of at least €50,000 and the use of a fraudulent manoeuvre, within the meaning of b a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-1

The expert referred to in Article L. 225-209-2 is appointed unanimously by the shareholders or, failing this, by the president of the commercial court ruling on a petition at the request of the corpor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection I: General information

Article 1635 quater A

I.-1° Unless there is a deliberation to the contrary, taken under the conditions provided for in VI of article 1639 A bis, a development tax, intended to provide for the expenses mentioned in articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-1

Prior to any decision resulting in the temporary or permanent cessation of imprisonment of a person sentenced to a custodial sentence before the expiry date of that sentence, the sentence enforcement…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

…ed by the State guarantee are recorded in separate accounts opened in the books of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, with one account for transactions carried out under Articles L. 431-4 and L. 431-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article R*160-11

In the absence of notification made in accordance with article R. 160-9 and subject to the application of the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article L. 160-8, the cancellation of the insurance co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article R*160-9

An insured who wishes to obtain from the insurer that the cancellation of the insurance contract, as provided for in article L. 160-6, be replaced by the simple suspension of the contract, must submit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601-0 A

By way of derogation from a and b of article 1601, the corresponding duties payable by company directors benefiting from the scheme provided for in article L. 613-7 of the Social Security Code are cal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Control measures for cash transactions and transfers of sums, securities or assets

Article 1649 quater A

Cash transfers, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AE

I. - Filing with the agency mentioned in article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each…

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