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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391

I. - Taxpayers aged over seventy-five on 1st January of the year of taxation are exempt from property tax on built properties for the building inhabited by them, when the amount of income for the prev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 139

The person under investigation is placed under judicial supervision by an order of the examining magistrate, which may be made at any stage of the investigation. The examining magistrate may, at any t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1398

A minor who is capable of contracting marriage is capable of consenting to all agreements of which that contract is susceptible, and agreements and donations made by him are valid, provided that he wa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1393

The spouses may declare, in a general manner, that they intend to marry under one of the regimes provided for in this Code. In the absence of special stipulations that derogate from or modify the comm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

The right to review provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exer…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1399

An adult under guardianship or curatorship may not enter into matrimonial agreements without being assisted in the contract by his or her guardian or curator.Failing such assistance, the annulment of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1395

Matrimonial agreements must be drawn up before the marriage is celebrated and can only take effect on the day of that celebration.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duties - Land registration tax

Article 1599 sexies

There is levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region an additional tax on the registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration, other than those ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 1594 E

The deliberations are notified to the tax authorities under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A. Decisions take effect on 1st June. In the absence of a vote or in the event of non-compliance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for children with serious burns

Article D6124-159

When the facility is exclusively dedicated to children, the minimum number of 6 beds allocated to intensive care mentioned in article D. 6124-153 is set at 3.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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