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Showing 6170 of 56702 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 30-1-1970 n° 68-12.096

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The various types of easement that may be established over property

Article 687

Easements are established either for the use of buildings, or for the use of land.Those of the first kind are called "urban", whether the buildings to which they are due are situated in the town or in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 688

The court shall be seised of the claim made by writ by the delivery to it of the document completed with the information provided for in Article 684-1 or, as the case may be, in Article 687-1, where a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 680

All transactions that are neither exempted nor priced by any other article of this code and that cannot give rise to proportional or progressive taxation are subject to a fixed tax of €125. The transa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 681

The rates of the land registration tax are applicable for the liquidation of registration duties due on the basis of provisions subject to land registration in judicial decisions and deeds excluded fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Normal system

Article 683

I. - Civil and judicial deeds transferring ownership or usufruct of immovable property for valuable consideration are subject to land registration tax or registration duty at the rate provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Normal system

Article 684

Exchanges of immovable property are subject to land registration tax or 5% registration duty. The tax or duty is levied on the value of one of the shares where there is no return. If there is a return…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0A: General layout

Article 682

In the absence of a deed, transfers for valuable consideration of real estate or real estate rights are subject to registration duties at the rate provided for transactions of the same nature giving r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 68

In the event of opposition, the civil registrar will not be able to celebrate the marriage until he has been given the release, on pain of a €3,000 fine and all damages.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of way

Article 685

The basis and mode of the easement of passage by reason of enclave shall be determined by thirty years of continuous use.The action for compensation, in the case provided for in Article 682, is time-b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of way

Article 684

If the enclave results from the division of land as a result of a sale, exchange, partition or any other contract, passage may only be requested over the land which was the subject of these acts. Howe…

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