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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-7

The manager exercises the powers he has under the previous article even if there is an incapable person among the undivided co-owners. However, article 456, paragraph 3, is applicable to leases grante…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-16

Where undivided property is encumbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufru…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-2

…they all consent, may agree to remain in undivided ownership.On pain of nullity, the agreement must be drawn up in writing including a description of the undivided property and an indication of the sh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Wines and ciders

Article 434

It is forbidden to manufacture, dispatch, sell, offer for sale or hold with a view to sale, under the name of wine, cider, perry or mead, products that do not meet the definition given, for wine, by C…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Eligible production expenditure

Article D331-64

…executive production of cinematographic or audiovisual works are set out in Articles 46 quater-0 ZY bis to 46 quater-0 ZY septies of Annex III to the General Tax Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Simultaneous application of several penalties

Article 1729 A

1. Where adjustments made to a return filed on time are subject to penalties that do not have the same rate, the penalties are calculated by adding the adjustments to the items declared in descending…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 970

The assets mentioned in article 965 placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis are included, for their net market value on 1st January of the tax year, as the case may be, in the assets of the set…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-40

If the imprisoned person is both remanded in custody and serving a sentence, only the liberty and custody judge has jurisdiction to hear applications made under article 803-8. However, if the liberty…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-17

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-19

On pain of inadmissibility, the application must be submitted in a separate written document bearing the words: "Application concerning conditions of detention (Article 803-8 of the Code of Criminal P…

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