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Showing 91100 of 25610 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – no. 95-14.158

French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Applications for naturalisation and reinstatement and declarations of acquisition of nationality by reason of marriage

Article 959

Genuinely indigent persons recognised as being unable to pay the amount are exempt from the stamp duty provided for in article 958

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article 954

The heading of the appeal submissions shall contain the information provided for in article 961. They must expressly state the parties' claims and the pleas of fact and law on which each of these clai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Non-contentious proceedings.

Article 953

The appeal is investigated and judged according to the rules applicable to non-contentious matters before the judicial court.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Orders on request.

Article 958

The first president may, during the appeal proceedings, order on application any urgent measures relating to the safeguarding of the rights of a party or a third party where the circumstances require…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies A

…tch or transport of products outside national territory or to local authorities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands or Clipperton Island.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

I. - A tax is introduced on capital gains realised under the conditions provided for in articles 150 U and 150 UB to 150 UD by natural persons or companies or groupings covered by articles 8 to 8 ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B nonies

…g two-thirds of the population, to totally or partially maintain the rate differences existing in 1979 between the grouped communes for the council tax on secondary residences and other furnished prem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

…taxes not paid as a result thereof together with the late payment interest provided for in article 1727, deducted from the date on which these taxes should have been paid.As an exception to the above…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies B

…concerning such property and entered into under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, of rights or shares in companies whose assets consist mainly o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies C

Provided that the members of the association resulting from the conversion are identical to the members of the converted company or body, that no changes are made to the accounting entries and that th…

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