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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

…share of each of the children living or represented as a result of pre-decease or renunciation. (1)Between the representatives of pre-deceased or renouncing children, this allowance is divided accordi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

…dispensation from sentencing or a postponement of sentencing unless mention of the decision in bulletin no. 1 has been expressly excluded pursuant to article 132-59 du code pénal;2° Condemnations con…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 76

…the notary who will have received it ; all under penalty, against the civil registrar, of the fine set by article 50. In the event that the declaration has been omitted or is erroneous, rectification…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 758

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 216-1 du code pénitentiaire, la contrainte judiciaire est subie en établissement pénitentiaire, dans le quartier à ce destiné.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-11-3

…documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall cooperate with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Financial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

…se, by a decision not subject to appeal, to the civil court having jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, which shall examine it as a matter of urgency in acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 769

…decisions, judicial supervision and re-incarceration decisions taken pursuant to article 723-35, safety supervision decisions, safety retention decisions, sentence suspension decisions, pardons, decis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-1 A

A legal entity's bulletin no. 2 is the record of the records applicable to it, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions that have been expressly excluded from being mentioned…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 756

The successor spouse is called to the succession, either alone or in concurrence with the parents of the deceased.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757

If the predeceased spouse leaves children or descendants, the surviving spouse receives, at his or her option, the usufruct of the whole of the existing property or ownership of a quarter of the prope…

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