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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1659

…uthority competent to approve them pursuant to article 1658. This date is indicated on the tax roll and on the tax notices issued to the taxpayers.When errors of dispatch are noted in the tax rolls, a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission and appeals against its decisions

Article R814-1-1

Members of the National Enrolment and Disciplinary Committee are entitled to reimbursement of their travel expenses under the conditions laid down by the regulations applicable to civil servants.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-1-1

…y are not part of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with jurisdiction over fire and rescue services, municipalities participate in the exercise of jurisdiction over fire and rescue…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1251-12-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-12, the total duration of the assignment contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to administrative invalidity and revocation proceedings

Article L716-1-1

At the request of the winning party, the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall charge to the losing party all or part of the costs incurred by the other party within…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1076-1

In the case of a shared gift made jointly by two spouses, the non-common child may be allotted on the basis of its author in the latter's own property or in common property, without the spouse, howeve…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

…hare, already received by them from the disposing person, having regard, if applicable, to any uses and reinvestments they may have made in the meantime. The valuation date applicable to the early par…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077-1

…in reduction, if there is not at the opening of the succession property not included in the sharing and sufficient to make up or complete his reserve, taking into account any gifts from which he may h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-18

The adviser in charge of the report may ask the claimant's lawyer to provide him, within a time limit that he shall set, with any document that may be useful in the investigation of the case.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-13

…within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to in 4° and 5° of Article 1031-9 ;2° A copy of the service of these decisions on the defendants to the revie…

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