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Showing 6170 of 1180 articles for Art. n° 81-12.796

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Agents appointed by agreement.

Article 813

The heirs may, by mutual agreement, entrust the administration of the estate to one of them or to a third party. The mandate is governed by articles 1984 to 2010. When at least one heir has accepted t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the curator.

Article 810

As soon as he is appointed, the curator takes possession of the securities and other property held by third parties and pursues the recovery of sums due to the estate. He may continue to operate the s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 816

Partition may be requested, even when one of the undivided co-owners has enjoyed all or part of the undivided property separately, if there has been no deed of partition or sufficient possession to ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Merger deeds

Article 816

Deeds recording merger transactions in which only legal entities or bodies liable to corporation tax participate, and the assumption of liabilities attached to the contributions mentioned in these dee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 811

The following shall be registered free of charge:1° Deeds recording pure and simple extensions of companies;2° Deeds of dissolution of companies which do not involve any transfer of movable or immovab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 810

I. - Contributions are registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Capital increases

Article 812

I. - An increase, by means of the capitalisation of profits, reserves or provisions of any kind, in the capital of companies shall be registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article 817

I. - The provisions of article 816 and of II of Article 816 A applies to demergers and partial contributions of assets.II. - (Repealed for transactions carried out on or after 15 October 1993).

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Investigations

Article 814

In New Caledonia, when police custody takes place outside the communes of Nouméa, Mont-Doré, Dumbea and Paita and it appears materially impossible for a lawyer to travel there, the powers vested in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 816

The obligation for the civil party to declare an address to the investigating judge provided for by Article 89 means, for the overseas territories and New Caledonia, an address located in the territor…

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