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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-12

Only the following are authorised to carry out DNA identifications: 1° The technical and forensic police services or organisations referred to in article 157-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-13

No one may be discriminated against on the grounds of their genetic characteristics.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-10

…ic characteristics unrelated to the initial indication or the initial objective of the examination, and the risks that refusal would entail for the members of his family potentially concerned, in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167 bis

…of the tax domicile outside France, determined in accordance with the rules set out in Article 758 and the last paragraph of I of Article 973, and their acquisition price by the taxpayer or, in the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires (National Commission for Direct Taxes and Turnover Taxes)

Article 1651 K

…et value used for the assessment of value added tax, in the case provided for in 4° of I of Article L. 59 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, the commission comprises, by derogation from Article 1651 H,…

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IIa: Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires (National Commission for Direct Taxes and Turnover Taxes)

Article 1651 H

…strate appointed under the same conditions. It also includes three representatives of the taxpayers and two representatives of the administration with at least the rank of divisional inspector or regi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires (National Commission for Direct Taxes and Turnover Taxes)

Article 1651 I

I. - For the determination of industrial and commercial profit and turnover, the taxpayers' representatives, other than the chartered accountant, on the national commission referred to in Article 1651…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires (National Commission for Direct Taxes and Turnover Taxes)

Article 1651 J

…n the national commission referred to in Article 1651 H include two members appointed by CCI France and one employee appointed by the national organisations or bodies representing engineers and senior…

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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

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1692, a person liable for value added tax may choose to pay the value added tax and the taxes, contributions and fees declared on the schedule to the decla…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Payment by bank transfer of final levies, withholding taxes and the annual contribution on rental income

Article 1681 quinquies

1. The levies provided for in Articles 117 quater and 125 A and the levies established, liquidated and recovered according to the same rules, as well as the withholding tax provided for in Article 119…

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