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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 13: Resumption of information on new charges

Article 190

It is for the public prosecutor alone to decide whether to request that the investigation be reopened on new charges.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 198

The parties and their lawyers are allowed until the day of the hearing to produce briefs which they communicate to the public prosecutor and the other parties.These briefs are filed at the registry of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 191

Each court of appeal comprises at least one investigating chamber. This court is composed of a chamber president, exclusively attached to this service, and two councillors who may, if necessary, provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 193

The Investigating Chamber shall meet at least once a week and, when convened by its President or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, whenever necessary..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 199

The hearings are held and the judgment is delivered in chambers. However, if the adult defendant or his or her lawyer so requests from the outset of the proceedings, they shall be held and the judgmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Acts and formalities relating to the seizure of immovable property and sale by auction

Article A444-193

The formalities carried out in relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction give rise to the collection of the following fees: NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 6 of art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

The following are deputy judicial police officers: 1° Civil servants in the active services of the national police who do not meet the conditions laid down by article 20; 1° bis Volunteers serving as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210

The provisions of this article apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 211

I. - In limited liability companies that have not opted for the partnership tax regime under the conditions provided for in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and whose man…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 216

I.-The net income from holdings, giving entitlement to the application of the parent company regime and referred to in article 145, received during a financial year by a parent company, may be deducte…

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