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Showing 14911500 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French General Tax CodeIn force
Simplified system

Article 74 A

The income tax return filed under article 53 A farmers subject to the simplified tax regime based on actual profits, includes: 1° A simplified account showing the tax result determined in accordance w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 A

I. - As from the first financial year opened after 31 December 1983, for crop production, income in progress consists solely of advances to crops which are entered, at their cost price, in the incomin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-6

In principle, the confiscation order is transmitted for enforcement to a single State. If the confiscation order relates to specific items of property, the public prosecutor shall transmit it, togethe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-6

Applications shall be sent to the Conseil des Maisons de Vente by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other equivalent means, no later than one month before the date of the fir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-20

I.-The request is declared by the requesting party or his lawyer in the following manner: 1° Where the applicant is remanded in custody, the declaration is made to the investigating judge's registry i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-25

When the procedures for transmitting information to the funds mentioned in 3° of IV of Article L. 311-18 do not guarantee an appropriate level of confidentiality, the college of supervisors or the col…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20

Where it has not been taken in the course of the investigation, enquiry or trial proceedings, the sample shall be taken, on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and in ac…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article R*721-3

The Minister of the Interior is competent to determine the country of removal in the event of compulsory enforcement in the following cases:1° When the foreign national, present on French territory, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Doctor applying for authorisation to practice.

Article R4623-25-5

The doctor recruited in application of the provisions of article R. 4623-25-3 works under the responsibility of a doctor qualified in occupational medicine.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-62

Savings and provident institutions file the annual financial statements, the decision on the allocation of profits, the annual report of the general manager or the management board, the annual report…

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