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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Irrigation

Article 1022

The provisions of I of article 1045 are applicable to disputes relating to the compensation mentioned in Article L. 152-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code to which the institution of the easemen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-103

Exceptional aid is granted to the persons mentioned in article 911-102 who meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have suffered, in 2020, either a loss of turnover resulting from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1051

…ticle L. 365-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation; 1° bis Acquisitions, made before 31 December 2013, by low-income housing bodies, sociétés anonymes de crédit immobilier or their unions an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1078

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article 679, certificates, deeds of notoriety and other documents relating exclusively to the execution of the provisions of articles 84 to 96 of the law of 31 March…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Savings banks

Article 1063

Subject to the provisions of 3° of l'article 679, the certificates of ownership and notarial deeds required by the savings banks and the national savings bank to effect the repayment, transfer or rene…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Damage to private property caused by public works

Article 1059

Subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, plans, reports, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1052

The case is communicated to the public prosecutor's office for its opinion. When the application is made by the Public Prosecutor or a third party, the person whose civil status is in question or thei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1056

…nless such transfers result from acquisitions made:a) By communes, départements, public housing offices and low-cost housing companies, with a view to the construction of low-cost housing or the devel…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1098

…pouse, within the limits of article 1094-1, a gift in property, each of the children who are not descended from both spouses shall have, as far as he or she is concerned, unless the disposing spouse w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1099

On the appointed day, the judge proceeds in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 250 to 250-3 of the Civil Code; it verifies the admissibility of the application; it ensures that the spo…

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