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Showing 971980 of 48687 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2011 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 October 1984 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 21 March 2000 · Cass. com. 12 December 1972 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 July 2010 n° 09-12.055

French General Tax CodeIn force
12°c: Trust

Article 1133 quater

…ording the transfer of additional property or rights to the trustee are subject to a fixed duty of €125. However, Article 1020 does not apply to deeds recording the return of all or part of the trust…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1508

…from the defect or inaccuracy of the built property declarations provided for in articles 1406 and 1502, and those provided for in XVII of article 34 of law n° 2010-1658 du 29 décembre 2010 de financ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-21

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies for the production of high-quality short films and, where appropriate, the rewriting of their screenplays.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1585

…the things sold are at the seller's risk until they are weighed, counted or measured; but the buyer may demand either their delivery or damages, if any, in the event of non-performance of the undertak…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15°: Transactions in the capital of companies with public shareholdings

Article 1136

Transactions carried out by the State and governed by Title III of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Land publicity. Reform. Transitional provisions

Article 1132

…a period the expiry of which will be set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and the duration of which may not be less than five years, publicity in the real estate register may be voluntarily required,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-29

The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect notifies the mayor, in his capacity as civil registrar, of the identity and address of persons residing in the commun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…e portion of their deposits covered by the guarantee instituted pursuant to 1° of II of Article L. 312-4, and the deposit guarantee and resolution fund for the claims it holds on the institution conce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect.

Article L3132-21

The authorisations provided for in article L. 3132-20 are granted for a period that may not exceed three years, after obtaining the opinion of the town council and, where applicable, of the deliberati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-21

…y a majority of the votes cast and mention the positions of the minorities. The council or sections may only take a decision if more than half of their members in office are present. If the quorum is…

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