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Showing 301310 of 60498 articles for Art. Decree 2022-1294 of 5-10-2022

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-10

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Miscellaneous

Article 1037

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, the payment of deferred wages or the allotment made to the creditor to fulfil his rights of claim shall not give rise to the collection of any registration d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 100

Any judicial or administrative rectification or annulment of a record is enforceable against everyone from the time it is published in the civil status registers.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 101

…us être délivrée qu'avec les rectifications ordonnées, à peine de l'amende édictée par l'article 50 of the Civil Code and all damages against the depositary of the registers.

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

Article 100

…the correction must be requested :on import, before the customs service has authorised the removal of the goods ;on export, before the goods have left the Customs office or the place designated for t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Institutions of heirs and legacies in general.

Article 1002

Testamentary dispositions are either universal, or by universal title, or by particular title. Each of these dispositions, whether it has been made under the name of an institution of heirship, or whe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 1001

The formalities to which the various wills are subject by the provisions of this and the preceding section must be observed on pain of invalidity.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 1000

…n country may not be executed on property situated in France until they have been registered at the office of the testator's domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise at the office of his last known…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-10

…he approval provided for in article L. 312-5 is granted by the Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee and then, in the cases provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Needs assessment and protection measures for victims of crime

Article D1-10

…a victim support association with general accreditation pursuant to article D. 1-12-1. In the case of domestic violence or sexual and gender-based violence, the assessment may be carried out by profe…

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