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Showing 111120 of 57258 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1056 of 17-11-2023

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1738

If, on the expiry of the written leases, the lessee remains and is left in possession, a new lease is entered into, the effect of which is governed by the article relating to tenancies entered into wi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Temporary export.

Article 175

Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Industry lay down :a) the conditions under which the customs administration may authorise the temporary export of produc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1715

The payment of death transfer duties may be made in Treasury securities in the proportion set respectively by the board of directors of the autonomous fund for the management of national defence bonds…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1700

A thing is deemed to be litigious as soon as there is a trial and dispute on the merits of the right.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1701

…ision set out in Article 1699 ceases:1° Where the assignment has been made to a co-heir or co-owner of the right assigned;2° Where it has been made to a creditor in payment of what is owed to him;3° W…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 173

1. The content and presentation of the declarations are specified by a decree. The names and addresses of the beneficiaries of arrears whose deduction the taxpayer claims must be compulsorily declared…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-17

During the reparation procedure, mediation, penal composition, appearance on prior recognition of guilt, the person may be assisted by his guardian or curator, if present, when appearing before the pu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 171

A taxpayer is deemed to have filed the declaration provided for in 1 of article 170 if, at the latest one month before the date referred to in the first paragraph of article 175, which may be extended…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Conditions specific to the "paediatrics" modality

Article D6124-177-46

The authorisation holder offers each patient, depending on his or her clinical condition, treatment in at least three of the following therapeutic practices: massage and physiotherapy; -ergotherapy; -…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1791

I. - Subject to the special provisions set out in the following articles, any infringement of the provisions of Title III of Part One of Book I, and of the laws governing indirect taxes, as well as th…

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