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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 795

The following are exempt from free transfer duties:1° Gifts and bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 775

…lowing decisions: 1° Convictions, convictions with an exemption from sentence or an exemption from educational measures or a declaration of educational success, criminal compositions and educational m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708

Enforcement of the sentence or sentences handed down at the request of the public prosecutor takes place when the decision has become final. However, the time limit for appeal granted to the public pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-7

Pursuant to 6° of article 1-1 of law no. 55-1052 of 6 August 1955, the provisions of the present code apply ipso jure in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-63

The deed of sale is published in the real estate register in accordance with the rules for judicial sales, at the request of the purchaser or, in his absence, of the creditor pursuing the distribution…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-60

The auction judgement is notified by the pursuing creditor to the debtor, to the registered creditors, to the successful bidder and to any person who has raised a dispute that is settled by the decisi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-61

The deed of sale consists of the enforceable copy of the conditions of sale, which is followed by a transcript of the auction judgement. If the identity details provided by the successful bidder are i…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-62

The title de vente is issued by the registrar to the successful bidder. It is also issued to the pursuing creditor, at the latter's request, in order to proceed with the formalities for publicising th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L734-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions set out in II, in the wording indicat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L552-6

…the conditions provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by th…

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