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Showing 20512060 of 62561 articles for Art. L 227-1 al. 7

French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793

Sont exonérés des droits de mutation à titre gratuit : 1.1° (Expired); 2° (Repealed); 3° interest shares held in a forestry group up to three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-7

In its notification to the company concerned, the AIF or its management company shall ask the company's board of directors or its equivalent to forward without delay to the employees' representatives…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes and exemptions.

Article 738

Sont enregistrés au droit fixe de 125 €:1° Les cessions, subrogations, rétrocessions et résiliations de baux à durée limitée de biens de toute nature;2° Les concessions de licences d'exploitation de b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Personal property

Article 759

For French and foreign securities of any kind admitted to trading on a regulated market, the capital serving as a basis for the liquidation and payment of transfer duties free of charge is determined…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes and exemptions.

Article 739

Deeds evidencing limited-term leases of real estate, business assets or customer lists are subject to a fixed duty of €25 when registration is requested by the parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Personal property

Article 758

For gratuitous transfers of movable property, other than listed securities and term debts, the value serving as the basis for the tax is determined by the detailed and estimated declaration of the par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Personal property

Article 760

For term claims, the duty is levied on the capital expressed in the deed and which is the subject of the deed.However, gratuitous transfer duties are liquidated on the basis of the estimated declarati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article 714

Investigated persons, defendants and accused persons subject to pre-trial detention shall undergo it in a prison or an establishment for sentenced persons, under the conditions set out in the provisio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Rules common to movable and immovable property

Article 763

Where the transfer relates solely to bare ownership or usufruct, deeds and declarations relating to gratuitous transfers must disclose the date and place of birth of the usufructuary; and, if the birt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of parents in the absence of a spouse entitled to inherit.

Article 733

The law does not distinguish according to the methods of establishing filiation to determine the parents called to succeed. The rights resulting from adoptive filiation are regulated under adoption.

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