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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 882

The obligation for the person under investigation to declare an address to the investigating judge provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article 116 means an address located in the Department.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 881

The obligation for the civil party to declare an address to the investigating judge provided for in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The Assize Court

Article 888

The majorities of seven or eight votes provided for in Article 359 and in the second paragraph of Article 362 are replaced by majorities of four or six votes.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The Assize Court

Article 886

For the application of articles 296,297 and

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 884

For all hearings of the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion ruling on an appeal against an order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The Assize Court

Article 885

The jury of the Mayotte Assize Court is composed of three assessor-jurors when the Assize Court rules at first instance and six assessor-jurors when it rules on appeal.These assessor-jurors are drawn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…ninth paragraph of III, the last paragraph of IV and the tenth paragraph of V of article 11 of law n° 2014-58 du 27 January 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation de…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies A

I.-The deliveries mentioned in 5 and 6 of article 266 septies of products dispatched or transported outside France by the taxpayer or on his behalf are exempt from the tax provided for in article 266…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter N

The tax credit defined in article 244 quater O is deducted from the income tax payable by the taxpayer in respect of the year during which the expenses defined in the same article were incurred. If th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis N

The remuneration paid to employees benefiting from an employment support contract or a contract for the future defined respectively in articles L. 5134-20 and L. 5134-35 of the Labour Code is exempt f…

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