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Showing 4150 of 30818 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-5-1997 n° 95-17.953

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 95

1. Declarations must be made in writing except where, in application of Community regulations in force, an oral declaration is substituted.1 bis. In the cases for which the list and conditions of appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 953

I. - Passports issued in France are subject to stamp duty, the rate for which is set at €89.If the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax regimes

Article 95

With regard to the method of determining the profit to be included in the income tax base, taxpayers who receive non-commercial profits or similar income are placed either under the controlled declara…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 95

If the search takes place at the home of the person under investigation, the investigating judge must comply with the provisions of articles 57 and 59.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 959

Gifts in favour of marriage will not be revocable on grounds of ingratitude.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 952

The effect of the right of return is to cancel all disposals of the property and rights given, and to cause such property and rights to revert to the donor, free of all encumbrances and mortgages, exc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 956

Revocation on the grounds of non-performance of the conditions, or on the grounds of ingratitude, shall never take place by operation of law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 953

An inter vivos gift may be revoked only on the grounds of non-performance of the conditions under which it was made, ingratitude, and the birth of children.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 950

Where the gift of movable effects has been made with reservation of usufruct, the donee shall be bound, on the expiry of the usufruct, to take the effects given which are in kind, in the condition in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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