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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 679

Sont soumis à une imposition fixe : 1° Les actes qui ne comportent aucune disposition entrant dans les prévisions des 1° à 4° de Article 677; 2° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages not…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Offences committed by account holders.

Article 1740 C

…America to improve international tax compliance and to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act signed in Paris on 14 November 2013.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Principal penalties

Article L823-3

The offences defined in articles L. 823-1 and L. 823-2 when the acts:1° Are committed as part of an organised gang;2° Are committed in circumstances that directly expose foreign nationals to an immedi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Right of communication

Article L811-3

…mentioned in 1° to 8° of Article L. 811-4 shall transmit to the competent administrative authority, acting within the framework of the examination of an initial application for a permit or an applicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State assets transferred to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-45

…and to articles L. 4424-22, L. 4424-23, L. 4424-24 and L. 4424-25 of this code as well as articles L211-2 and L223-3 of the new Forestry Code are carried out free of charge, under the conditions deter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other products and objects.

Article L5463-1

In addition to the officers and agents of the judicial police acting in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the agents mentioned in article L. 511-3 and in 1° and 2° of I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-24

Copies or extracts of the minutes of the deliberations are certified by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officers, the Managing Director…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Remedies sought before the First President of the Court of Appeal

Article R36

…State and the public prosecutor, decide that there is no need for further investigation or for the acts provided for in articles R. 31 to R. 34. The provisions of article R. 35.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-41

…establishment where the person is imprisoned shall have jurisdiction. If the person is detained for acts covered by article 706-16, the Paris liberty and custody judge has sole jurisdiction. The liber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate and the Investigating Divisions

Article D15-4-6

…f a court in which there is an investigating division, in the course of an investigation concerning acts initially falling within the jurisdiction of a court in which there is no investigating divisio…

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