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Showing 10011010 of 41524 articles for Art. L 233-16 · CNCC EJ 2016-50 · CCRCS avis 2019-011

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General scheme

Article 1692

Taxpayers are required to pay the amount of tax due at the same time as they file the declaration of their transactions.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1682

The roll, duly assessed, is enforceable not only against the taxpayer entered on it, but also against his representatives or assigns.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1691

Individuals who, pursuant to Article 1742, have been convicted as accomplices of taxpayers who have fraudulently evaded or attempted to fraudulently evade payment of their taxes either by organising t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1688

As a guarantee for the payment of any taxes for which they may be liable, any person renting a furnished office is required to pay to the Treasury, at the end of each month, under the responsibility o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Common provisions

Article R744-16

I. - Article R. 221-127 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2019-1379 of 18 December 2019, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-16

I.-The processing of personal data provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2143-6 is called the "information system for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

I.-In each currency, the calculation of the adjustment referred to in Article L. 351-4 corresponds to a fraction of the difference between:1° the interest rate determined by the insurance or reinsuran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: National register of persons who lend themselves to research involving the human person

Article R1121-16

The national database mentioned in article L. 1121-16 is managed by the Minister for Health and is supplied by the investigators of the research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1. Its implementatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-16

The chapter "Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges" created by article L. 3334-16 is included in the budget of the Ministry of the Interior.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 ter

It is instituted, for the benefit of the établissements publics fonciers mentioned in article L. 321-1 of the town planning code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law…

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