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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article A211-1-1

Insurance contracts relating to the operations mentioned in article R. 321-1, section 10 (third-party liability for motor land vehicles) of the Insurance Code must include the standard clause relating…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II ter: Consolidation within a group of the payment of value added tax and similar taxes

Article 1693 ter A

The value added tax credit recognised by a taxable person who is a member of the group in respect of a period prior to the entry into force of the option provided for in Article 1693 ter may not be ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article Annexe article A43-6

I.-TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO LEGAL MEDICAL ACTIVITIES NATURE OF PROCEDURE REFERENCE of key letter COEFFICIENT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION 1° Life science medicine a) For a judicial visit involving one or more…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 ter A

I. - A tax is established, known as the apprenticeship tax, the proceeds of which promote equal access to apprenticeship and contribute to the financing of actions aimed at developing apprenticeship u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18-1

The professional practice standard relating to the audit of the opening balance sheet of the first financial year certified by the statutory auditor, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown belo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A121-1-1

In motor third party liability insurance, the reference premium referred to in article 2 of the appendix to article A. 121-1 may give rise to the application of an additional premium for insured perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Investigating courts

Article A36-11-1

The media and formats of audiovisual recordings of interrogations of persons under investigation made pursuant to Articles 116-1 and D. 32-2 and transmitted to the courts must comply with the standard…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-1

For the application of Article R. 15-33-29-7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the list of candidates admitted to take the technical examination to qualify for the duties of tax service agent respons…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88-1

The deposit set pursuant to Article 88 guarantees payment of the civil fine that may be imposed pursuant to Article 177-2.The sum deposited is returned when this fine has not been imposed by the inves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 89-1

At the first hearing, the civil party shall be informed of his or her right to make a request for an act or to submit a motion for annulment on the basis of the Articles 81, ninth paragraph, 82-1, 156…

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