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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 783

Subject to reciprocity treaties, reductions in taxes or duties, reductions in the base, deductions granted by the laws in force for reasons of family responsibilities are applicable only to French cit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 782

The free transfer duties payable by war cripples who are at least 50% disabled are reduced by half, up to a maximum reduction of €305.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 784

The parties are required to disclose, in any deed recording an inter vivos transfer free of charge and in any declaration of succession, whether or not there are previous donations granted in any capa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 784 C

In the case of gradual or residual gifts as referred to in articles 1048 to 1061 of the Civil Code, at the time of the transmission, the legatee or donee established first is liable for transfer dutie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 786

For the levying of transfer duties free of charge, no account shall be taken of the family relationship resulting from simple adoption.This provision does not apply to transfers falling within the sco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 787 C

All or an undivided share of all the movable and immovable, tangible or intangible assets allocated to the operation of a sole proprietorship with an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or lib…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D910-1 C

I.-In Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and La Réunion, the observatory of prices, margins and incomes mentioned in article L. 910-1 C in addition to its chairman, comprises the following members:…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-10

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-8

When the appellant is one of the persons listed in 1° and 2° of Article R. 40-4, the secretary of the commission shall ask the latter, within fifteen days of receiving the file and by registered lette…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-9

On receipt of the conclusions referred to in the previous article, the secretary of the commission shall send a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and, by registered letter with ac…

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