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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1962

The establishment of a judicial custodian produces reciprocal obligations between the seizing party and the custodian. The custodian must take reasonable care to preserve the effects seized. He must r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1961

The court may order the sequestration: 1° Of movables seized from a debtor; 2° Of an immovable or movable thing, the ownership or possession of which is in dispute between two or more persons; 3° Of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

…of the transferor or the contributor, does not benefit from the provisions of Article 151 septies. III. III. - The gratuitous transfer of a sole proprietorship under the conditions set out in article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-2

…injunction to pay procedure, in accordance with the rules laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure. III. - If the president of the court does not validate the proposed agreement, if the accused legal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article L621-2

…the Board, appoint a member of the Board to deputise for him in the event of vacancy or impediment. III - Under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the Board may delegate powers to special…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

…orisation as defined in II of this article, or a compassionate prescription framework as defined in III.II. - At the request of a prescribing doctor, with a view to treating a serious, rare or incapac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties applicable

Article L2333-15

Failure to declare advertising media within the time limits set out in articles L. 2333-13 et L. 2333-14 or when these declarations have the effect of reducing the amount of tax actually due, the taxp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional provisions

Article L2333-16

A. - For municipalities collecting in 2008 the tax provided for by article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Departmental tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment

Article L3333-7

The annual proceeds of the departmental tax are allocated, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2333-52 : 1° To interventions promoting agricultural development in mountain a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Departmental tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment

Article L3333-6

If the operation of ski lifts extends over several communes or several départements, the allocation of the tax base referred to in article L. 3333-4 is set, failing agreement between them, by the Stat…

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