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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quater

…It is payable by the beneficiary of the income and profits mentioned in I and is subject to a deferral.The taxation mentioned in the first paragraph of this II is established, controlled and collected…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-3

…and, and the average income per inhabitant, on the other hand. The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income. The population taken into account is that resulting from the last c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1-1

…respond to the requisitions, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 60-1 shall apply.The last paragraph of article 60-1 and article 60-1-1 are also applicable.Without prejudice to specific…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1-1

…necessary to establish the truth, in accordance with the provisions of article 388-5, the second to last paragraphs of which are applicable. If the accused is detained, the request may be made by mean…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-1

…o legal entities carrying out an activity the size of which exceeds the thresholds mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 111-6, when these entities have construction work carried out on their…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

…of a special resolution submitted to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for approval. The programme defines the company's buy-back policy, the terms and conditions of buy-back operat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L356-1

…ir articles of association ; b) or a group of undertakings based on the establishment of strong and lasting financial relationships between those undertakings, provided that:-one of these undertakings…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES.

Article L611-5

…rticular the categories of users exempt from the payment of charges.For application in Mayotte, the last sentence of the first paragraph of IX is deleted.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter B bis

…In the event of a merger or similar transaction taking place during the period referred to in the last sentence of the first paragraph of this I, the portion of the claim that has not yet been alloc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-17

…he person's detention begins by the police or gendarmerie services. During detention, which may not last more than twenty-four hours, the provisions of articles 63-2and 63-3. The person is brought as…

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