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Showing 25412550 of 29656 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13-6-1995

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 673

Where the land registration tax does not take the place of registration duties, only one proportional tax is payable, in any event, on the main deed and on the deed supplementing, interpreting, rectif…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62

The acknowledgement deed shall state the forenames, surname, date of birth or, failing that, age, place of birth and domicile of the person making the acknowledgement. It states the child's date and p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 655

If personal service proves impossible, the document may be delivered either at the addressee's domicile or, in the absence of a known domicile, at the addressee's residence.The judicial officer must r…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63

I. - For the purposes of this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383-0 B bis

1. Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-13

An individual file concerning the activities of each tax services agent authorised to carry out judicial police missions is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the Paris court of app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-13

For a period of twenty-four months following the acquisition of control of the company by the AIF and for as long as the AIF holds control during this period, the AIF or its management company : 1° Is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-20-1

The age limit provided for in article L. 741-1 applies to salaried commercial court clerks.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 656

If no one is able or willing to receive the copy of the document and if it is clear from the checks made by the bailiff, which will be mentioned in the document of service, that the addressee does ind…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Customs controls on postal consignments.

Article 66

1. For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences provided for in this Code, customs officers shall have access to the premises of postal service providers and express freight compani…

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