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Showing 27212730 of 57142 articles for Art. Loi 2019-744 of 19-7-2019

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Degrees.

Article 743

…n or granddaughter; and so on. In collateral lines, the degrees are counted by generation, from one of the parents up to and not including the common author, and from the latter to the other parent.Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 753

…as if the represented person came to the succession; if applicable, it is effected by subdivision of stock. Within a stock or subdivision of a stock, partition is made by head.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Degrees.

Article 745

Collateral relatives falling within the order of heirs mentioned in 4° of article 734 do not succeed beyond the sixth degree.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 755

Representation is admitted in favour of the children and descendants of the unworthy, even if the latter is alive when the succession is opened. The provisions set out in the second paragraph of artic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 752

…ad infinitum in the direct descending line. It is admitted in all cases, either where the children of the deceased compete with the descendants of a predeceased child, or where all the children of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 754

…s, we represent renouncers only in successions devolving in the direct or collateral line. Children of the renouncer conceived before the opening of the succession from which the renouncer has been ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

…t : 1.1° (Expired); 2° (Repealed); 3° interest shares held in a forestry group up to three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to the assets referred to in a below and sums deposit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-19 (art. A222-14)

…APPLICATIONS FOR HOMOLOGATIONIncomplete applications will not be examined.Document 1: the decision of the federation's competent governing body (article R. 222-9 of the French Sports Code).Document 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 795

The following are exempt from free transfer duties:1° Gifts and bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.

Article 746

Kinship is divided into two branches, depending on whether it proceeds from the father or the mother.

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