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Showing 19711980 of 63585 articles for Art. L. 631-7 et L. 631-7-1

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

In order to be able to continuously assess the criteria mentioned in I of Article L. 5121-12, the Haute Autorité de santé and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-7

…oceedings, the emolument provided for in Article R. 663-5 increased by 50%. If, pursuant to Article L. 631-12, the court-appointed administrator is assisted, for the management of the business, by one…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° Normal system

Article 747

…ty or land registration tax provided for in article 746 are liquidated on the amount of the shared net assets. Where the division includes a balancing payment or a capital gain, the tax on what is the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Specific legacies

Article 767

…legacies of sums of money not existing in the succession and they have paid the duty on all the assets of this same succession, the same duty is not due for these legacies; consequently, the duties a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° Normal system

Article 742

Limited-term leases of real estate made for a term of more than twelve years, with the exception of those mentioned in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Movable property

Article 764

…For the liquidation of transfer duties on death, the value of the ownership of movable property is determined, in the absence of proof to the contrary:1° By the price expressed in the deeds of sale, w…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions

Article D412-7-1

I.-The indication provided for in Article L. 412-7 is one of the following:-" For optimal tasting, " before the indication of the date of minimum durability under the conditions laid down in 1 of Anne…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 781

Any person who, by assuming a false name or capacity, has had an extract from the criminal record of a third party issued to them is punishable by a fine of €7,500. Any person who has provided imagina…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-1

…relating to the registration certificate and roadworthiness tests, as well as with the obligations set out in article L. 211-1 of the Insurance Code, without having to establish that they are in a ser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 774

…of Article 773, the existence and truthfulness of debts resulting from the application of articles L. 321-13 et seq. of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are sufficiently proven to the administrati…

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