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Showing 531540 of 52335 articles for Art. 1 juin 2005

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1801

There are several kinds of livestock:The simple or ordinary livestock,The half livestock,The livestock given to the farmer or sharecropper.There is still a fourth kind of contract improperly called li…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1845

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all civil companies, unless derogated from by the special legal status to which some of them are subject. All companies to which the law does not attribut…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1803

In the absence of specific agreements, these contracts shall be governed by the following principles.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, acquisitions of real estate, goodwill and shares in real estate companies made by taxable persons within the meaning of article 256 A are exempt from transfe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Two-year exemption

Article 1383

…completion. The municipality may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A bis and for its own share, limit the exemption provided for in the first paragraph of this I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Scope of application.

Article 1559

…ing houses are subject to a tax in the forms and according to the procedures determined in articles 1560 to 1566.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1040

In all proceedings in which a challenge to nationality or to the refusal to issue a certificate of French nationality is raised as the main issue or as an incidental issue, a copy of the summons or th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1038

…putes relating to the refusal to issue a certificate of French nationality provided for in article 31-3 of the Civil Code.The exceptions of nationality and foreign nationality as well as that of lack…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1039

The judicial court with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place of residence of the person whose nationality is in question or, if that person does not live in France, the judicial court of Pari…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1041

The judgment may not be provisionally enforced.The time limit for an appeal in cassation suspends enforcement of the judgment; an appeal in cassation brought within this time limit also suspends enfor…

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