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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° Normal system

Article 747

The registration duty or land registration tax provided for in article 746 are liquidated on the amount of the shared net assets. Where the division includes a balancing payment or a capital gain, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R773-7

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-0 and R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 Janu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R774-7

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-0 and R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 Janu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings and assignment of remuneration

Article R722-7

…rty seizure for the purpose of postponing the auction date pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 722-4, the provisions of articles R. 721-7 and R. 721-8 are applicable.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-6

The application for registration of a company in the special section provided for in Article L. 422-7 is submitted by its agent or, where the company has not yet been formed, by the agent of the partn…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 646

The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the power of judges, in urgent cases, to shorten time limits for appearing or to allow summonses to be issued on a fixed date.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 600

No one may, under any circumstances, take advantage against the party being prosecuted of the violation or omission of the rules established to ensure the latter's defence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-68

Shared donations (numbers 20 and 21 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a fee proportional:

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 751

Representation is a legal fiction whose effect is to call to succession the representatives to the rights of the principal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 755

…r is alive when the succession is opened. The provisions set out in the second paragraph of article 754 are applicable to the children of the unworthy during his lifetime.

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