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Showing 24212430 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article L224-70

The contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 791

The rate of land registration tax is reduced to 0.60% for inter vivos transfers free of charge. The value to be used for the tax base may not be less, where applicable, than that used as the basis for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790

…under the age of seventy.II. - Full ownership donations of all or an undivided share of all movable and immovable property, whether tangible or intangible, allocated to the operation of a sole proprie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 747

The registration duty or land registration tax provided for in article 746 are liquidated on the amount of the shared net assets. Where the division includes a balancing payment or a capital gain, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-7

…the sums collected as security to the revenue agent under the conditions defined in articles R. 19 and R. 21. Depending on the initial decision that led to the creation of the security, it is indicat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 733

…in the articles 712-6 ou 712-7. The same applies when the parole decision has not yet been executed and the convicted person no longer meets the legal conditions to benefit from it. If the sentenced p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 788

…e corresponding to the value of the property received from the deceased, valued on the day of death and handed over by the latter to a foundation recognised as being in the public interest and meeting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 789

When an estate includes both property taxable in mainland France or in the overseas departments and property taxable in French Polynesia, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

…continuously assess the criteria mentioned in I of Article L. 5121-12, the Haute Autorité de santé and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

In good time and before any commitment on his part, the consumer shall receive from the trader in a clear and comprehensible manner, in writing or on an easily accessible durable medium, accurate and…

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