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Showing 41914200 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1596

Cannot make themselves purchasers, on pain of nullity, either by themselves or by interposed persons: Guardians, of the property of those of whom they have guardianship; Agents, of the property they a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Acceptance of net assets.

Article 1337

…allocation of the corresponding sums to the payment of the creditors, the heir or the notary responsible for settling the estate deposits the administration's account at the registry. The deposit giv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R2241-6

For real estate acquisitions made in administrative form by municipalities and their public establishments, a deposit may be paid to the seller, upon expiry of the time periods open for taking registr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article R3213-7

For real estate acquisitions made in administrative form by the départements and their public establishments, a deposit may be paid to the seller, as soon as the periods open for taking registrations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article R2231-1-1

…f the agreement need not be published as provided for in the first paragraph of the same article is signed by the majority of the trade union organisations signing the agreement and :1° For group, com…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Cases in which foreign nationals may be placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L752-1

The administrative authority may place under house arrest, for the purposes of rapid processing and effective monitoring of their asylum application, foreign nationals whose right to remain has ended…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Cases in which foreign nationals may be placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L752-2

…lum application is based, in particular to prevent a risk of evading enforcement of the removal decision assessed according to the same criteria as those provided for in article L. 612-3 or when the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Cash payment.

Article 110

1. Duties and taxes assessed by the customs service are payable in cash. 2. Officials responsible for collecting duties and taxes are obliged to issue receipts. 3. Registers of payment of duties and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Opposition

Article 492

…ent made at the domicile, bailiff's office or public prosecutor's office: ten days if the accused resides in metropolitan France, one month if he resides outside this territory.However, if the judgmen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime made during the marriage

Article 1303-1

…mention in the margin of that record, at the request of the spouses or of one of them, the record designating the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime, publication of which is provided fo…

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