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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2474

…r:1° By the extinction of the principal obligation subject to the case provided for in Article 2422;2° By the creditor's renunciation of the mortgage subject to the same reservation;3° By purge;4° By…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2019

On pain of nullity, the trust contract and its amendments shall be registered within one month of their date with the tax department of the trustee's registered office or with the non-resident tax dep…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing for divorce

Article 252

…minder of the provisions relating to: 1° mediation in family matters and participative proceedings; 2° Approval of partial or full agreements between the parties on the arrangements for exercising par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 214

…transactions with members and distributed to the latter in proportion to the order of each of them; 2° In the case of sociétés coopératives de production, the share of net profits which is distributed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

…of the tax where the purchaser is established outside France.2 ter. For the supplies referred to in 2° of I of Article 258 D, the tax must be paid by the recipient. However, the seller is jointly and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2529

…dless of the order of the registered filings. Where a formality required under 1°, excluding i, and 2° of Article 2521 and likely to produce effects enforceable against third parties under article 252…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cases of divorce

Article 229

The spouses may mutually consent to their divorce by deed under private signature countersigned by lawyers, filed with the minutes of a notary. Divorce may be granted in the event of:-either mutual co…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Restrictions on entry, exit, tonnage and packaging.

Article 24

…n customs offices and designate those through which certain customs operations must be carried out; 2° Decide that certain goods may only be imported or exported by ships of a specific tonnage and fix…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210

…from them and entail, upon their completion, the immediate dissolution of the contributing company. 2° Part of its assets to another company formed in one of these forms, provided that: a. The company…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 287

…e Conseil d'Etat.3 bis. Taxpayers whose turnover is less than the thresholds provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 162-4 of the code of taxes on goods and services and whose amount of tax due in res…

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