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Showing 26412650 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…irports constituting border crossing points within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules gover…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest in the event of deferred removal

Article R*732-4

The administrative authority competent to assign a foreign national to residence, pursuant to 7° or 8° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-5 is the Minister of the Interior.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7

…ey influence the ranking or referencing of the content, goods or services offered or placed online; 3° The status of the advertiser and the rights and obligations of the parties in civil and tax matte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-73

The drawee banker may, after informing the account holder of the consequences of insufficient funds by any appropriate means made available by the drawee banker, refuse to pay a cheque on the grounds…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-10

Jurisdictional competence lies with the sentence enforcement judge of the court within whose jurisdiction is located either the prison in which the sentenced person is imprisoned or, if the sentenced…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-7

…alance sheet value of all securities issued, receivables other than those referred to in article R. 385-11, loans obtained or guaranteed and deposits placed with the same body may not exceed 5% of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Conversion of sentences

Article 747-1

…or at the request of the convicted person and in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 712-6 or 723-15, the conversion of this sentence into a sentence of house arrest under electronic su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis A

…f inheritance and licitations of inherited property meeting the conditions set out in II of Article 750, established between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, are exempt from the 2.50% tax on the v…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A bis

…ses of a small business within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application o…

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