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Showing 110 of 56499 articles for Art. 970 and 1007

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1007

…l be opened if it is sealed. The civil law notary shall immediately draw up a report of the opening and condition of the will, specifying the circumstances of the deposit. In the case provided for in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Professional elections.

Article 1007

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 1005 or to Article 1006 may be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 970

…neficiaries fall under article 795 or are organisations of the same kind covered by article 795-0 A and whose director is subject to the law of a State or territory that has entered into an administra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 970

A holographic will shall not be valid unless it is written in full, dated and signed by the testator's hand: it is not subject to any other form.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry.

Article 970

…ose constitution is known to him or her of the registration number in the general register, the day and time set by the First President for the appeal of the case and the chamber to which the case is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-3

Article L. 213-0-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting fromOrder No. 2017-970 of 10 May 2017.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 999

…a foreign country may make his testamentary dispositions by private deed, as prescribed in Article 970, or by authentic instrument, with the forms customary in the place where this instrument is made…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: The monetary unit

Article L111-1

France's currency is the euro. One euro is divided into one hundred centimes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-1

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 112-2 and articles L. 112-3, L. 112-3-1 and L. 112-4, automatic indexation of the prices of goods or services is prohibited. Any clause i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-1-1

The value date of a cheque payment transaction denominated in euros may not differ by more than one business day from the date on which it is booked to a deposit account or a payment account.

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