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Showing 35713580 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2422

…gistration has no effect between the creditors of an estate if it has only been made by one of them since the death, in the event that the estate is accepted only up to the net assets or is declared v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-25

…the verification carried out by the service managing the file in accordance with Article 706-53-3 using information communicated to the criminal records department pursuant to Article R. 64.If the pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.

Article R643-21

If the debtor is subject to a cheque-writing ban imposed pursuant to Article L. 131-73 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the liquidator shall obtain from the Banque de France a statement of the cheq…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: OBLIGATION TO LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L611-3

The following may not be subject to a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory: 1° Foreign nationals under the age of eighteen; 2° Foreign nationals who can prove by any means whatsoe…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-63

The deed of sale is published in the real estate register in accordance with the rules for judicial sales, at the request of the purchaser or, in his absence, of the creditor pursuing the distribution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater G

Any variation or depreciation in the amount of the settlor's rights representing the property or rights transferred to the trust estate has no impact on the settlor's taxable income.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-18

Sales of real estate shall take place in accordance with articles L. 322-7, L. 322-8 to L. 322-11 and

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-17

The fees to be paid by the estates of deceased persons, for burial tickets, the price of hangings, beers and the transport of bodies, are set by a tariff proposed by the municipal authorities.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies A

…The deliveries mentioned in 5 and 6 of article 266 septies of products dispatched or transported outside France by the taxpayer or on his behalf are exempt from the tax provided for in article 266 sex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-9

…parking charge shall take an oath before the judicial court in the place of their administrative residence or, failing that, their domicile or, in the case of agents of the contracting third party no…

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