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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 163

Before sending the seals to the experts, the examining magistrate or the magistrate appointed by the court shall, if necessary, make an inventory of them in accordance with the conditions laid down in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 164

Experts may receive, by way of information and for the sole purpose of carrying out their mission, statements from any person other than the person under investigation, the assisted witness or the civ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 169

1. Goods designated by order of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance and the ministers responsible may be imported under the temporary admission procedure, under the conditions laid down in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III : Income for the year in which you acquire a residence in France

Article 166

When a taxpayer previously domiciled abroad transfers his domicile to France, the income whose taxation is entailed by the establishment of domicile in France is only counted from the day of that esta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 162

The managing partners of sociétés en commandite par actions are deemed not to dispose of their share of the corporate profits allocated to the constitution of reserves until the said reserves are dist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167

1. A taxpayer domiciled in France who transfers his residence abroad is liable to income tax on the income he has disposed of during the year of his departure up to the date of his departure, on the i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Minimum flat-rate assessment of taxable income based on certain lifestyle factors

Article 168

1. In the event of a marked disproportion between a taxpayer's lifestyle and his or her income, the income tax base is increased to a lump sum determined by applying the following scale to certain ele…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1640

The guarantee on the grounds of eviction ceases when the purchaser has allowed himself to be condemned by a judgment of last resort, or whose appeal is no longer admissible, without calling his seller…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1674

If the seller has been harmed by more than seven twelfths in the price of an immovable, he has the right to apply for rescission of the sale, even if he had expressly waived the right to apply for suc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1676

The claim is no longer admissible after the expiry of two years from the day of the sale.This period runs and is not suspended for the duration of the time stipulated for the pact of redemption.

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