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Showing 3140 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Directory of notaries, bailiffs, court clerks, secretaries, auctioneers, commercial brokers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries

Article 868

In addition to their obligations under Article 867, bailiffs and court clerks shall keep, in a register, listed and initialled under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of III of Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Directory of notaries, bailiffs, court clerks, secretaries, auctioneers, commercial brokers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries

Article 867

…the version applicable on 31 December 2019, which are not subject to a proportional or progressive duty ;4° Secretaries, the acts of the administrations referred to in 3° and 4° of 1 and 5° and 6° of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861-1

The court may, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 446-1, exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the judge organises exchanges between the par…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 860-1

…sum of money is equal to its amount. However, if it has been used to acquire property, the ratio is due from the value of that property, under the conditions provided for in Article 860.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 860-1

The procedure is oral.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 868-1

…hs of article 712-2, the President of the Court of First Instance of Wallis and Futuna performs the duties of a sentence enforcement judge. He shall exercise the powers devolved to the sentence enforc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 866-1

…at the request of the public prosecutor, may, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 706-103 of this Code, order protective measures on the property, movable or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-6

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 224-25-18 relating to compliance procedures is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal entit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Extracts of deeds

Article 860

…ions that contain provisions subject to land publicity and for attestations after death, draw up in duplicate an extract, known as an extract of deed model no. 1 or model no. 2 (1), under the conditio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-18

…visions of 4° of Article 695-9-17, execution of the freezing order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law does not provide for the sam…

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