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Showing 1120 of 49490 articles for Art. Cass. Civ. 2-2-2000 n° 98-15.675

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

Article 211-98

Selective financial aid is awarded prior to production for the production of feature-length cinematographic works.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-2

A single record may be drawn up bearing statements relating to the birth and the marriage, unless the birth and the marriage have already been established by records entered in a register kept by a Fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater N

When the settlor of a trust defined in Article 2011 of the Civil Code does not carry on an activity falling within the articles 34 or 35, an agricultural activity within the meaning of article 63, a p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies A

I.-The deliveries mentioned in 5 and 6 of article 266 septies of products dispatched or transported outside France by the taxpayer or on his behalf are exempt from the tax provided for in article 266…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis N

The remuneration paid to employees benefiting from an employment support contract or a contract for the future defined respectively in articles L. 5134-20 and L. 5134-35 of the Labour Code is exempt f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-98-2

Sports federations and professional leagues shall be bound by confidentiality and may not disclose to any person the content of documents sent to them pursuant to this section before the publication p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

I.-When a company sells a building to a leasing company and immediately regains use of the building under a leasing contract, the amount of the capital gain on the sale of the building may be spread e…

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

Article 982

The wills mentioned in the preceding article may still, if the testator is ill or wounded, be received, in military hospitals or medical units, as defined by army regulations, by the chief medical off…

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

Article 983

In all cases, a duplicate original of the wills referred to in articles 981and 982. If this formality could not be carried out due to the testator's state of health, a copy of the will, signed by the…

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

Article 986

Wills made in an island of the French territory, where there is no notary's office, may, where all communication with the territory to which that island is attached is impossible, be received in the f…

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