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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1313

Solidarity between debtors obliges each of them to pay the entire debt. Payment by one of them discharges them all to the creditor. The creditor may request payment from the joint and several debtor o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1316

A creditor who receives payment from one of the joint and several debtors and grants him a remission of joint and several liability retains his claim against the others, after deduction of the share o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1315

The joint and several debtor sued by the creditor may raise defences common to all the co-debtors, such as nullity or resolution, and those which are personal to him. He may not raise defences that ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1319

Joint and several debtors are jointly and severally liable for the non-performance of the obligation. The onus is definitively on those to whom the non-performance is attributable.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1317

Among themselves, the joint and several debtors contribute to the debt only each for his or her share. He who has paid more than his share has recourse against the others in proportion to their own sh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1657

1. The assessment bases for direct taxes are rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The bases for property tax and council tax on second homes and other furn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1658

Direct taxes and assimilated taxes are collected by virtue of either rolls made enforceable by order of the director general of public finance or the prefect, or notices of assessment.For the applicat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1659

…te of assessment of the rolls is set by the authority competent to approve them pursuant to article 1658. This date is indicated on the tax roll and on the tax notices issued to the taxpayers.When err…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of curatorship.

Article 1342

The advertising provided for in articles 809-1, 809-2, 810-5 and 810-7 of the Civil Code give rise to the insertion of a notice in a legal gazette circulated within the jurisdiction of the competent c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1521

The First President or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may grant exequatur to the award.

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