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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 C ter

Failures to comply with a declaration or notification obligation provided for in Articles 1649 AD, 1649 AE and 1649 AG result in the application of a fine which may not exceed €10,000. The amount of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018

The trust contract determines, on pain of nullity: 1° The assets, rights or securities transferred. If they are future, they must be determinable; 2° The duration of the transfer, which may not exceed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-20

If, from the time of the customer's request, the following services are performed within a period shorter than the reference period specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Special measures.

Article 20

1. In the cases listed in article 2 of law no. 83-1119 of 23 December 1983, the following may be decided, in accordance with the terms and conditions of application laid down by decree in the Conseil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-22

Accounting documents are drawn up in euros and in the French language. Accounting documents and supporting documents are kept for ten years. Accounting documents relating to the recording of transacti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article R912-1

For the application of Articles R. 221-3, R. 221-4, R. 223-26, R. 225-20, R. 225-22, R. 225-24, R. 225-47, R. 225-49, R. 225-51, R. 225-106 and R. 227-1-1, the reference to Article 26 of Regulation (E…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II

Article R962-1

For the application of Articles R. 221-3, R. 221-4, R. 223-26, R. 225-20, R. 225-22, R. 225-24, R. 225-47, R. 225-49, R. 225-51, R. 225-106 and R. 227-1-1, the reference to Article 26 of Regulation (E…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 208

1. In the area between the land border of the customs territory and a line situated two kilometres inside the line of the customs offices and brigades closest to the foreign country, animals in the ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-6

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will send a copy of the dossier to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, who will give h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

I. - The application for an import authorisation for therapeutic purposes, provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5, is sent by the legal entities or natural persons mentioned in…

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