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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

The insurers contribute to the financing of the expenses mentioned in article L. 753-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. This contribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

…rticle 1609 nonies C and involved in the creation of the new commune pursuant to the I de l'article L. 2113-5 du code général des collectivités territoriales are maintained under the following conditi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680

Taxes of any kind and revenue recovered by an enforcement order, mentioned in article L. 252 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, are payable in cash, up to a limit of €300, as the case may be, at the cas…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 164

However, the President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, lift the prohibitions laid down: 1° By Article 161 to marriages between relatives in the direct line where the person who created the a…

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

Article 160

The parties and third parties who are required to assist with the investigative measures shall be summoned, as the case may be, by the clerk of the judge conducting the investigation or by the technic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 169

If, at a hearing before a trial court, a person heard as a witness or for information contradicts the conclusions of an expert report or provides new information from a technical point of view, the pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 160

Experts not included on any of the lists mentioned in article 157 shall, each time they are appointed, take the oath provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 8: Professional reorganisation procedure

Article A743-16

…he assigned judge ruling on an application for deferral or extension of payment pursuant to Article L. 645-6 ;b) An amount of €66.88, in the event of the opening of judicial liquidation proceedings pu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638

I. - In the event of the creation of a new commune, different tax rates, with regard to each of the taxes levied pursuant to 1° to 4° of I of Article 1379, may be applied, depending on the territory o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1630

Where the guarantee has been promised, or where nothing has been stipulated on the subject, if the purchaser is evicted, he is entitled to claim against the seller: 1° The restitution of the price; 2°…

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