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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation delegated to a judicial conciliator

Article 822

The claimant and the judicial conciliator are notified by any means of the judge's decision. A copy of the request is sent to the conciliator. The judicial conciliator shall proceed with the conciliat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 824

If undivided co-owners intend to remain in undivided ownership, the court may, at the request of one or more of them, depending on the interests involved and without prejudice to the application of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 800

I. - Heirs, legatees or donees, their guardians or curators, are required to complete a detailed declaration.The following are exempt:1° The successors in direct line, the surviving spouse and the par…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 848

Subject to the specific provisions laid down for each of these actions, this subtitle shall apply to the following group actions initiated on the basis of Title V of Act No 2016-1547 of 18 November 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 809

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of l'article 257 :1° Deeds of formation of companies or economic interest groupings which do not contain a transfer of movable or immovable property, between the pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Investigations

Article 814

In New Caledonia, when police custody takes place outside the communes of Nouméa, Mont-Doré, Dumbea and Paita and it appears materially impossible for a lawyer to travel there, the powers vested in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

Subject to the provisions of article 6, members of sociétés en nom collectif and general partners of sociétés en commandite simple are, where these companies have not opted for the tax regime applicab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 810

I. - Contributions are registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Real estate and similar companies

Article 827

I. - The following shall be registered free of charge:1° Deeds recording the allocation of net assets made to one or more recipient bodies by a société d'habitations à loyer modéré, pursuant to the fi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Investigations

Article 880

Where the movement of a lawyer or a person approved pursuant to article 879 appears materially impossible, the powers vested in the lawyer by the articles 63-4 to 63-4-3 may be exercised by a person c…

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