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Showing 17311740 of 28297 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-7-2016 n° 15-12370

French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 H

Gifts inter vivos, made in full ownership and evidenced by a notarised deed signed between 1 January and 31 December 2015, of building land defined in 1° of 2 of I of Article 257 are exempt from free…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judging panels

Article R131-7

The grand panel of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile comprises the bench hearing the appeal, supplemented by the vice-president or most senior vice-president or a section or chamber president, two a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.

Article D452-7

Associations shall report annually on their activities in accordance with the procedures laid down by order in the forms provided for in article D. 452-5. Associations shall draw up annual accounts. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Committee for Health and Social Organisation.

Article R6122-7

I.-The list of organisations, institutions, groups or trade unions represented in each section of the Committee and the number of seats they have are determined by order of the ministers responsible f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-7

I. - For the purposes of the seventh paragraph of article L. 132-22, the following information is provided to the policyholder:- the interest rate guaranteed by the contract and the interest rate corr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-77

An individual may not simultaneously hold more than five offices as a member of the supervisory board of public limited companies having their registered office on French territory. By way of derogati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-7

At the end of the occupation title, the immovable works, constructions and installations existing on the occupied public property must be demolished, either by the holder of the authorisation or at hi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Freedom of dissemination

Article L333-7

The transfer of the right to exploit a sporting event or competition to an electronic public communication service may not prevent other electronic public communication services from informing the pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-7

I. - The sums referred to in article L. 221-5 are centralised by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in a fund managed by it and known as the savings fund.II. - Caisse des dépôts et consignations,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-120

When, at the time of the settlement of his information, the investigating judge considers, after having established that there are sufficient charges against the person under investigation for having…

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