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

Article 149

If one of the two is dead or unable to express his or her will, the consent of the other is sufficient. It is not necessary to produce the death certificate of the father or mother of one of the futur…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

…rwise. Those movable assets which would have formed own assets by their nature by virtue of Article 1404, under the legal regime, if they had been acquired during the community. If one of the spouses…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1469

If a party to the arbitral proceedings intends to rely on an authentic or private deed to which it was not a party or on a document held by a third party, it may, at the invitation of the arbitral tri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144

Pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended if it is shown, in the light of the precise and detailed elements resulting from the proceedings, that it constitutes the sole means of achieving on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons and activities

Article 1447

…etting bare buildings is carried out by persons who, during the reference period defined in article 1467 A, derive gross revenue excluding tax, within the meaning of article 29, of less than €100,000…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1418

Before the judicial court in the matters referred to in article 817, the protection litigation judge and the commercial court, the court clerk summons the parties to the hearing by registered letter w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…of financial instruments on behalf of clients referred to in Section B(1) of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instru…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1456

Exempt from this exemption are production cooperative companies whose articles of association and operation are recognised as complying with the provisions of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the sta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable premises

Article 1407

…icipal bodies, as well as public establishments other than those referred to in 1° of II of Article 1408.II. - The following are not liable for tax:1° Premises liable for the business property tax whe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Professional premises

Article 1498

…each built property or fraction of a built property, other than premises mentioned in I of article 1496, industrial establishments mentioned in article 1499 and premises whose rental value is determi…

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