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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Nominal partners of partnerships and members of joint ventures

Article 60

The profits of companies referred to in Article 8 is determined, in all cases, under the conditions laid down for sole traders. These companies are bound by the obligations normally incumbent on sole…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Remuneration paid to managers and members of certain companies

Article 62

Salaries, lump-sum reimbursements of expenses and all other remuneration are subject to income tax in the name of their beneficiaries if they are allowed as a deduction from profits subject to corpora…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6

There can be no derogation, by particular agreements, from laws which concern public order and morality.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Distance and intermediate works required for certain constructions

Article 674

Anyone who causes a well or cesspit to be dug near a party wall or not, Anyone who wishes to build a chimney or hearth, forge, oven or furnace there, Lean a stable against it, Or establish a salt shop…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624

The application for review or the application for reconsideration shall be submitted to the commission for the examination of applications for review and reconsideration, which shall rule on its admis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694

In the absence of an international agreement stipulating otherwise: 1° Requests for mutual assistance from French judicial authorities to foreign judicial authorities shall be transmitted via the Mini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the Board of Directors (R)

Article R1424-16

In application of article L. 1424-29, the board of directors settles, through its deliberations, matters relating to the administration of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service.It se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the Board of Directors (R)

Article R1424-17

The decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by an absolute majority of the votes cast, subject to the provisions of article L. 1424-29. The chairman has the casting vote in the event of a tie.Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-6

The chapters of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to group 90 "Breakdown of operations", completed by the number of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-105-1

The fee payable each year to a municipality, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on public elect…

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