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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

…ance with the conditions set out in article 63 and the second paragraph of article 93 of decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to administrative social committees in State administrations…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 78

The death record will be drawn up by the civil registrar of the commune where the death occurred, on the declaration of a relative of the deceased or on that of a person possessing the most accurate a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Verification and recovery of costs.

Article 704

The parties may, in the event of difficulties, request, without form, from the registrar of the court having jurisdiction pursuant to Article 52, to verify the amount of costs mentioned in Article 695…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Internal letters rogatory.

Article 730

Where the remoteness of the parties or of the persons who must assist in the administration of justice, or the remoteness of the premises, makes travel too difficult or too expensive, the judge may, a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of counsel and submissions

Article 762

Where representation by a lawyer is not compulsory, the parties shall defend themselves. The parties may be assisted or represented by: -a lawyer; -their spouse, cohabitee or the person with whom they…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 770

The debts the deduction of which is requested are detailed, item by item, in an inventory certified by the depositor and appended to the declaration of the succession. In support of their request, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 749

In the event of voluntary non-compliance with one or more fines imposed in criminal or correctional cases for an offence punishable by imprisonment, including in the event of voluntary non-compliance…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 764

Unless the deceased wishes otherwise in accordance with article 971, the successor spouse who actually occupied, at the time of death, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Rules common to movable and immovable property

Article 763

Where the transfer relates solely to bare ownership or usufruct, deeds and declarations relating to gratuitous transfers must disclose the date and place of birth of the usufructuary; and, if the birt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Simplified system

Article 74

…ified tax regime based on actual profit is determined in accordance with the provisions of articles 72 to 73 E subject to the following simplifications: a. Farm accounts only record receipts and payme…

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