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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 195

…the adoption took place when the child was over ten years old, this child was dependent on the adopter as a foster child under the conditions provided for in article 196 since the age of ten. This pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 197

…to the fraction of each share of income that exceeds €10,777 the rate of:- 11% for the fraction greater than €10,777 and less than or equal to €27,478;- 30% for the fraction greater than €27,478 and l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199

…for the calculation of income tax, the division of taxable income into a certain number of units determined according to the taxpayer's family situation and dependents are applicable only to French c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 194

…units to be taken into account for the division of taxable income provided for in Article 193 is determined in accordance with the following provisions: FAMILY STATUS NUMBER OF UNITS Single, divorced…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 196

The following are considered to be dependents of the taxpayer, whether this is exclusive, principal or deemed to be shared equally between the parents, provided that they have no income separate from…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1a: Information sent to the public prosecutor prior to referral to the guardianship judge

Article 1216-1

Applications submitted to the public prosecutor for referral to the guardianship judge shall contain the identity of the person to be protected and a description of the facts requiring protection with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article R621-37-1-1

…ordance withArticle L. 420-12 and the reasons for these exemptions. Notification shall be made no later than twenty-four hours before the measures taken pursuant to I or II of Article L. 621-13-6 are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…eiling relates to issues attached to the rolls for the reference year.The tax is established in the territorial constituency of each departmental chamber of agriculture or, where applicable, each inte…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of the application

Article 1180-10

…the juvenile court judge whether educational assistance proceedings have been opened and ask the latter to send him a copy of the documents in the current case, in accordance with the procedures defin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Publication of civil status records

Article 101-1

…aid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. When the verification procedure can be implemented by dematerialised means, in particular by notaries, it replaces any other form of delivery of full copies o…

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