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Showing 211220 of 26007 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-10-2020 n° 19-20.443

French General Tax CodeIn force
10 : Social security

Article 1083

Documents relating to the application of social security legislation are exempt from registration duties provided that they expressly refer to it.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 : Social security

Article 1085

Transfers of assets between social security bodies mentioned in the Social Security Code are exempt from any collection of tax duties and do not give rise to the application of Article 879. The same a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 : Social security

Article 1084

All deeds relating to the acquisition of real estate and loans that social security bodies are authorised to make are exempt from registration duty and land registration tax.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 196

If one of the parties is unable to appear, the judge who ordered the appearance or the judge appointed by the bench to which he belongs may go to that party after, if appropriate, summoning the opposi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in financing cinematographic works linked to the health crisis

Article 919-22

For each production company, the amount of sums entered exceptionally is equivalent to the amount of sums entered in its automatic account which lapsed on 31 December 2021 in application of 1° of arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 191

Each court of appeal comprises at least one investigating chamber. This court is composed of a chamber president, exclusively attached to this service, and two councillors who may, if necessary, provi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1963

Judicial sequestration is given either to a person agreed between the interested parties or to a person appointed ex officio by the judge. In either case, the person to whom the thing has been entrust…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1939

In the event of the death of the person who made the deposit, the thing deposited may be returned only to his heir.If there are several heirs, it must be returned to each of them for their share and p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L775-22

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1961

Registration duties or the land registration tax when it takes the place of these duties and the contribution provided for in article 879, are not subject to restitution once they have been duly colle…

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