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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1787

When someone is commissioned to do a work, it may be agreed that he will supply only his labour or industry, or that he will also supply the material.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 1000

…ed or deemed to be located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, the formality is given free of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Social institutions

Article 1067

…ll as pursuant to the law of 19 April 1898 on the repression of violence, assaults, acts of cruelty and attacks committed against children, exclusively concerning the child welfare service, are exempt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Financial institutions

Article 1065

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, transfers of portfolios of contracts and the movable or immovable reserves relating to these contracts are exempt from all registration duties when they are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1447

…1 bis of Article 206 which meet the three conditions set by that same paragraph. III. - The persons and companies mentioned in I are not subject to the business property tax (cotisation foncière des e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1496

…determined by comparison with that of reference premises chosen, in the municipality, for each type and category of premises. II. - The rental value of the reference premises is determined on the basi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1497

By way of derogation from Article 1496 I, housing premises of an exceptional nature are valued under the conditions provided for in Article 1498, as in force on 31 December 2016.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The rights of spouses and matrimonial property regimes.

Article 1286

Applications for authorisation and empowerment provided for by law, and in particular Article 217, the second paragraph of Article 1426 and Articles 2395 and 2440 of the Civil Code, are brought by app…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Gambling and betting.

Article 1967

In no case may the loser repeat what he has voluntarily paid, unless there has been fraud, deceit or swindle on the part of the winner.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Gambling and betting.

Article 1966

…s suitable for practising the use of weapons, foot or horse races, chariot races, the game of palms and other games of the same nature which have to do with skill and the exercise of the body, are exc…

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