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Showing 19611970 of 49798 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 26-2-1992 n° 90-19.710

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 203

Taxes assessed in the event of transfer, cessation or death, by application of articles 201 and 202, are deducted, where applicable, from the amount of income tax subsequently calculated in accordance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-25

The standardised documents and media, referred to in article R. 1614-24 and 1° of article R. 1614-26, are provided free of charge by the State.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article R775-25

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IX: Debates.

Article 22

Debates are held in public, except where the law requires or permits them to be held in chambers.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

Other than those provided for by special laws, privileged claims on the generality of movables are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor against whom the lien is asserted…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 296

Legal separation may be pronounced or established in the same cases and under the same conditions as divorce.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: The different ways in which the term of office ends.

Article 2009

In the above cases, the agent's undertakings are enforced against third parties who are acting in good faith.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 271

I. - 1. The value added tax that has been charged on the price components of a taxable transaction is deductible from the value added tax applicable to that transaction.2. The right to deduct arises w…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-22

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 287

1. Any taxpayer liable for value added tax identified in accordance with the combined provisions of articles 286 ter and 286 ter A is required to submit to the tax department to which he belongs and w…

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