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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 798

In declarations of transfer by death, heirs, donees or legatees, or parties to deeds recording a transfer inter vivos free of charge, must state whether the jewellery, gems, works of art or collectors…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-8

All correspondence sent by post to asylum seekers is sent to the address at which they have elected domicile pursuant to article L. 551-7.Asylum seekers with a stable address are required, in the even…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-2

The mayor convenes the town council as often as business requires. The mayor is obliged to convene it whenever required by a written request stating the reasons and purpose of the convening and signed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Specific interests of certain categories of residents

Article L2544-13

Where, according to a former custom, communal property is granted in separate and distinct lots and the number of entitled parties is greater than that of the lots, the admission of a new beneficiary…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The President, the Permanent Commission and the Bureau of the Departmental Council

Article L3122-6

In the event of a vacancy for a member of the standing committee other than the president, the departmental council may decide to complete the standing committee. The vacancy or vacancies are then fil…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle IV: Other procedures

Article 840

In disputes governed by the ordinary written procedure, the president of the court may, in urgent cases, authorise the plaintiff, at his request, to summon the defendant on a fixed date. Where appropr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-13

On pain of inadmissibility of the application for review, the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Litigation procedure.

Article 933

The statement shall include the particulars prescribed by 2° and 3° of Article 54 and by the third paragraph of Article 57. It shall designate the judgment appealed against, specify the heads of the j…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Judicial divorce and legal separation

Article 1132

In the event of legal separation by mutual consent, and where a minor applies to be heard by the judge, the application for conversion to divorce by mutual consent based on article 230 of the Civil Co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1203

The matter is referred to the court or judge by petition delivered or addressed to the clerk of the court's office. Except in the case of applications for delegation of parental authority, the parties…

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