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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

I. - Free transfer duties, real estate wealth tax and partition duty may be paid by handing over works of art, books, collectors' items, documents, of high artistic or historical value, or real estate…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collection of labile blood products.

Article R1222-17

I. - The function of taking charge of the collection involves selecting the donor and monitoring the collection process.This function is carried out by staff authorised by the Etablissement Français d…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-17

The decision of the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall state the surname, first name, position and department to which the person belongs.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 C

When the administration establishes that a fonds commun de placement à risques, a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or a société de libre partenariat whose rules or articles of association…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 B

1. The management company of a fonds commun de placement à risques or of a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or the manager of a société de libre partenariat which has included in the decl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

Where an investigative measure ordered abroad pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member St…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 171-1

The judge responsible for carrying out or supervising the performance of an investigative measure may establish that the parties have reached an agreement, even in part.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-2

Where an investigative measure ordered abroad pursuant to the regulation referred to in Article 178-1 is likely to give rise to interpreting costs during its execution by the requested court, the judg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-1

New laws relating to the attribution of nationality of origin apply to persons who are still minors on the date of their entry into force, without prejudice to rights acquired by third parties and wit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-12

Where a change of nationality is subject, under the terms of an international convention, to the performance of an act of option, the form of that act is determined by the law of the contracting count…

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