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Showing 47014710 of 66561 articles for Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966

French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Special schemes for agriculture

Article 708

Exchanges of rural property carried out in accordance with articles L. 124-3 and L. 124-4 of the rural and maritime fishing code are exempt from land registration tax or, where applicable, registratio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Land transport.

Article 77

1. Every driver of goods must, on arrival at the customs office, submit to the customs department, by way of summary declaration, a waybill indicating the items he is carrying. 2. Prohibited goods mus…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 777

…for hearing, the President shall take the measures provided for in the second paragraph of Article 1546-1. Except in the case of removal from the list, he appoints the Pre-Trial Judge..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-17

…o months before the date of the deliberations provided for in the first three paragraphs of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.It co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-14

…case of referral after cassation. Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 380-1, in the event of an appeal against a decision of the assize court of an overseas department, N…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-70

…r the enforcement of decisions handed down by the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant may be submitted via the internet-accessible portal mentioned in article R. 2333-120-32 bis. The com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 749

…in the event of voluntary non-compliance with tax or customs fines, the sentence enforcement judge may order, under the conditions set out in this Title, a judicial restraint consisting of imprisonme…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 70

Except in duly justified cases of force majeure, ships may only dock in ports where there is a customs office.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article R6152-710

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 contribute to the supplementary social security pension scheme instituted by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970 creating a supplemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article R6152-709

The remuneration of practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of Article L. 6152-1 comprises :1° A fixed part, determined by reference to the emoluments of hospital practitioners ;2° A variable part…

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