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Showing 351360 of 37731 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-4-1991 n° 725

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1051

Sont soumis à une imposition fixe de 125 € : 1° Les transferts de biens de toute nature opérés entre organismes d'habitations à loyer modéré, sociétés anonymes de crédit immobilier ou leurs unions et…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1040

In all proceedings in which a challenge to nationality or to the refusal to issue a certificate of French nationality is raised as the main issue or as an incidental issue, a copy of the summons or th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 1000

Insurance contracts where the risk is located outside France or does not relate to an industrial, commercial or agricultural establishment located in France are exempt from the special tax; in the abs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Agricultural and forestry land development

Article 1023

Plans, minutes, certificates, notifications, deliberations, decisions, rulings, contracts, receipts, and generally all acts or formalities relating exclusively to the application of Chapters I, III, I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100

In criminal and correctional matters, if the penalty incurred is equal to or greater than three years' imprisonment, the investigating judge may, where the needs of the information so require, order t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tariffs

Article 1001

The rate of the special tax on insurance contracts is set:1° For fire insurance:A 7% for fire insurance relating to non-exempt agricultural risks; generally speaking, the following are considered as h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-10

For each person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34, the methods used to set the remuneration of the senior executives responsible within the meaning of Articles L. 511-13 and L. 532-2 and of the ca…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L771-10

A personal overindebtedness commission sits in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Action plan and audit follow-up

Article R513-10

The association shall carry out verifications of the evidence referred to in subsections 2 and 3 in accordance with an action plan proportionate to the number of its members and phased over time. This…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-10

The issue of the site authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 1121-13 is subject to compliance with the following conditions: 1° The possibility of ensuring appropriate superv…

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