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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1045

The public prosecutor is required to act under the conditions of article 1042 if he is requested to do so by a public administration or by a third party who has raised the nationality objection before…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Sickness and maternity insurance for non-agricultural self-employed workers

Article 1069

I. - Documents relating to the application of loi n° 66-509 du 12 juillet 1966 relative à l'assurance maladie et à l'assurance maternité des travailleurs non salariés des professions non agricoles, ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1056

I. - 1° Deeds, judgments, documents and writings relating to the application of the law of 28 October 1946 on war damage are, provided that they expressly refer to it, exempt from registration duties…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health reserve.

Article L3142-104

The provisions applicable to healthcare reservists are set out in Chapter III of Title III of Book I of Part Three of the Public Health Code.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Assessment of duties and taxes.

Article 109

The duties and taxes payable for each item on the same declaration and the duties and taxes levied as in customs matters are rounded down to the nearest franc.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Assessment of duties and taxes.

Article 108

1. Subject to the provisions of Article 99a, the duties and taxes to be levied are those in force on the date of registration of the retail declaration. 2. In the event of a reduction in the rate of c…

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

Article 1001

The formalities to which the various wills are subject by the provisions of this and the preceding section must be observed on pain of invalidity.

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

Article 1000

Wills made in a foreign country may not be executed on property situated in France until they have been registered at the office of the testator's domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise at the of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Damage to private property caused by public works

Article 1059

Subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, plans, reports, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages…

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