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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693

Value added tax payers authorised to have the additional period of one month provided for in 2 of Article 287 to submit the declaration referred to in 1 of the same article are required to pay, by way…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1684

1. In the event of the transfer of an industrial, commercial, craft or mining business, whether for valuable consideration or free of charge, whether a forced or voluntary sale is involved, the transf…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-10

The nullity of the company can only result from the violation of the provisions of article 1832 and the first paragraph of articles 1832-1 and 1833, or any of the causes of nullity of contracts in gen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1629

The rules governing the basis of assessment, rates, liquidation and collection of the contribution to supply the guarantee fund for compulsory non-life insurance for those responsible for uninsured ac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 164

However, the President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, lift the prohibitions laid down: 1° By Article 161 to marriages between relatives in the direct line where the person who created the a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1648

An action arising from redhibitory defects must be brought by the purchaser within two years of discovery of the defect. In the case provided for by Article 1642-1, the action must be brought, on pain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-18

Applications for relief from incapacity are addressed to the Minister of Justice. They are admissible only if a period of one year has elapsed since the refusal to install or the resignation.Any appli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-180

A standard declaration form for persons wishing to teach, supervise or lead physical or sporting activities, or to train those taking part in them, in return for remuneration is given in Annex II-12 t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-181

Persons who have declared their activity in accordance with the provisions of the Order of 12 January 1994 retain the benefit of this declaration for the three-year period initially provided for in ar…

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