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Showing 701710 of 39290 articles for Art. CE 7-3-2016 n° 371435

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-72

…inimum of fifteen members and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with Article L. 1424-26.The seats are distributed between:1° The Rhône department;2° The communes…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 727

The following may be declared unworthy to succeed:1° He who is sentenced, as perpetrator or accomplice, to a correctional penalty for having voluntarily given or attempted to give death to the decease…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 725

…of the form given to it by the parties, whether it is described as a transfer of key money, severance pay or otherwise, is subject to registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 773

…wing are not deductible:1° Debts which fell due more than three months before the opening of the succession, unless a certificate is produced by the creditor certifying their existence at that time, i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Pure and simple acceptance of the succession.

Article 784

…ervatory or supervisory and acts of provisional administration may be performed without entailing acceptance of the succession, if the successor has not taken the title or capacity of heir. Any other…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 726

…t institutions.When the transfers referred to in the second and third paragraphs of this 1° take place by deed executed abroad and relate to shares in companies having their registered office in Franc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 750-1

…16, on pain of inadmissibility, which the judge may declare ex officio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option, by an attempt at conciliation conducted by a court conciliator, an at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721

A reduction in sentence may be granted by the sentence enforcement judge, following the opinion of the sentence enforcement commission, to convicts serving one or more custodial sentences who have giv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-7

…of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-50 Act 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 313-50-1 to L. 313-51 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 II.-For the application o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707

I.-On the decision or under the supervision of the judicial authorities, the sentences handed down by the criminal courts are, except in insurmountable circumstances, enforced effectively and as quick…

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