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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 955

Passports, national identity cards and passport visas to be issued to persons who are genuinely indigent and recognised as being unable to pay for them, are issued free of charge..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Control and litigation

Article 981

Unless otherwise provided, the rules relating to the control and litigation of registration duties apply to the tax on real estate wealth.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 998

By derogation from Article 991 are exempt from the special tax: 1° Group insurance and collective operations underwritten by a company or group of companies for the benefit of their employees or by a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

The following are exempt from the special tax on insurance agreements:1° Reinsurance, subject to what is stated in Article 1000 ;2° Insurance benefiting, under exceptional provisions, from exemption f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 999

…ementary retirement, provident or supplementary pension institutions referred to in articles L. 922-1, L. 931-1 and L. 941-1 of the Social Security Code and to Article L. 727-2 of the Code rural et de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Quotations and meanings

Article 932

The time limit provided for in the first paragraph of Article 552 applies when the party summoned resides in the territorial collectivity. The time limit is increased by one month if the party summone…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-3-1

Each year, the insurance undertakings, provident institutions and associations referred to in I of article L. 132-9-3 publish the number and outstanding value of unpaid contracts, each in respect of i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 920

Direct or indirect gifts that affect the reserve of one or more heirs are reducible to the available portion when the estate is opened.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 918

…ct line, is deducted from the available portion. Any excess is subject to reduction. This deduction and reduction may only be requested by those of the other successors in the direct line who have not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 919

…ee coming to the succession, provided that as regards gifts the disposition has been made expressly and outside the share of the succession. The declaration that the gift is outside the share of the s…

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