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Showing 4150 of 58366 articles for Art. Ord. 2014-86 of 30 January 2014 · Loi 2015-990 of 6 August 2015

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 612-30

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is covered by an agreement with the beneficiary.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 611-30

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.When aid is awarded for a programme of works, it is the subject of an agreement concluded with the videogram publisher.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Informing the parties of the existence of sanctions. Affirmation of sincerity

Article 864

A notary who receives a treaty for the transfer of a ministerial office or a deed of sale, exchange or division or a deed for the transfer of the right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Informing the parties of the existence of sanctions. Affirmation of sincerity

Article 863

The notary who receives a deed of sale, exchange or division is required to inform the parties of the existence of the penalties laid down by articles 850 and 1837. Express mention of this information…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Statements of expenses. Indication of the amount of duties paid to the Treasury

Article 865

Statements of costs drawn up by lawyers, bailiffs, court clerks, notaries commissioned must show separately, in a special column and for each disbursement, the amount of duties of any kind paid to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Extracts of deeds

Article 860

…nd publicity and for attestations after death, draw up in duplicate an extract, known as an extract of deed model no. 1 or model no. 2 (1), under the conditions laid down by the competent State author…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 861

Where the return is in kind and the condition of the objects given has been improved by the act of the donee, he must be taken into account for this, having regard to what their value was increased at…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 863

The donee, on the other hand, must, in the case of a return in kind, take into account any deterioration or deterioration which has diminished the value of the donated property through his act or faul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 862

The co-heir who makes the report in kind may retain possession of the donated property until the sums due to him for expenses or improvements have been effectively repaid.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 860

The ratio is due from the value of the property given at the time of the partition, based on its condition at the time of the gift. If the property was alienated before the partition, the value it had…

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