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Showing 50615070 of 51013 articles for Art. L 144-6 · Cass. com. 9 December 2008 n° 06-14.414

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Normal system

Article 683

I. - Civil and judicial deeds transferring ownership or usufruct of immovable property for valuable consideration are subject to land registration tax or registration duty at the rate provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6

Public prosecution for the enforcement of the penalty is extinguished by the death of the accused, prescription, amnesty, repeal of the criminal law and res judicata. However, if prosecution leading t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 673

Where the land registration tax does not take the place of registration duties, only one proportional tax is payable, in any event, on the main deed and on the deed supplementing, interpreting, rectif…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Transfers and other transactions resulting from verbal agreements

Article 639

…res, founders' shares and profit shares in companies whose corporate rights are not traded on a regulated financial instruments market within the meaning of Article L. 421-1 of the Monetary and Financ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-9

The provisions of articles D. 8-2-2 to D. 8-2-6 and D. 8-2-8 are applicable to online services made available to victims to lodge a complaint electronically with the public prosecutor pursuant to Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62

The acknowledgement deed shall state the forenames, surname, date of birth or, failing that, age, place of birth and domicile of the person making the acknowledgement. It states the child's date and p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 667

1 (Transferred under article L. 17 of the tax procedures book). 2. The departmental conciliation commission provided for in Article 1653 A may be seized for all deeds or declarations recording the tra…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 655

If personal service proves impossible, the document may be delivered either at the addressee's domicile or, in the absence of a known domicile, at the addressee's residence.The judicial officer must r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-60

Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction means the following substances or mixtures: 1° Any substance or mixture which meets the criteria for classification in category 1A or 1B of substances…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-6

Where the application for registration concerns a herbal substance, a herbal preparation or a combination thereof included in the list drawn up for use in traditional herbal medicinal products by the…

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