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Showing 311320 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French General Tax CodeIn force
7th: Marine

Article 1074

…icates, notarial certificates and any other documents relating to the implementation of the law of 12 April 1941 concerning the service of retirement pensions in the navy are exempt from registration…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Withdrawal.

Article 1026

…Such a judgment is equivalent to a judgment of dismissal and entails the application of Articles 628 and 630.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1055

…shall be lodged in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 950. The provisions of Article 952 are applicable. The appeal is investigated and judged according to the procedure followed at first…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tariffs

Article 1001

…ng an agricultural or agriculture-related profession as these professions are defined by articles L722-9 and L722-28 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, as well as insurance of the risks of member…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1091

On pain of inadmissibility, the petition shall include in its appendix, where applicable, the information form of the minor child requesting to be heard dated and signed by him or her as well as an ag…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1059

Publicity of applications, acts and judgments is effected by an entry in the margin of the birth record of the person concerned. This entry is made at the behest of the clerk of the judicial court or,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1015

…laim in court: 1° Where the testator has expressly declared his will, in this respect, in the will; 2° Where a life annuity or pension has been bequeathed by way of maintenance.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1086

A gift by marriage contract in favour of the spouses and the unborn children of their marriage may still be made, on condition of paying indiscriminately all the debts and charges of the donor's estat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1016

In accordance with articles 11-1 and 11-2 of Law no. 72-626 of 5 July 1972 as amended, the proceedings shall be public. The Court may, however, decide that the hearings shall take place or continue in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 10

…wning property there, without having their tax domicile there, as well as the persons designated in 2 of article 4 B are taxable at the place determined by joint order of the ministers responsible for…

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