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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1406

The application shall be brought, as the case may be, before the protection litigation judge or the president of the judicial court or the commercial court, within the limits of the jurisdiction of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142

…he following order:a) Compensation for damage caused by the offence and restitution, as well as the maintenance debt when the person under investigation is prosecuted for failure to pay this debt;b) F…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1405

…bration of the marriage, or which they acquire during the marriage by succession, gift or legacy, remains separate. The gift may stipulate that the property which is the subject of it shall belong to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1405

Recovery of a claim may be sought under the injunction to pay procedure when: 1° The claim has a contractual cause or results from an obligation of a statutory nature and amounts to a specified amount…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1456

The arbitral tribunal is constituted when the arbitrator or arbitrators have accepted the assignment entrusted to them. On that date, the dispute is referred to it. It is the arbitrator's responsibili…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1459

…president of the commercial court shall have jurisdiction to hear claims made pursuant to Articles 1451 to 1454. In that case, he may apply Article 1455. The court with territorial jurisdiction is th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 149

If one of the two is dead or unable to express his or her will, the consent of the other is sufficient. It is not necessary to produce the death certificate of the father or mother of one of the futur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Cadastral changes and changes affecting the tax debtor

Article 1404

…tax, the tax relief for this assessment is granted provided that the obligations set out in article 1402 have been complied with. The tax payable by the legal taxpayer for the same year is assessed in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1454

The cooperative companies and unions of cooperative companies of craftsmen, as well as the cooperative companies and unions of cooperative companies of boatmen, are exempt from the business property t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax debtor

Article 1401

…The assessments for land thus abandoned included in the rolls drawn up prior to the abandonment remain payable by the taxpayer assessed. For subsequent rolls, the property tax is borne by the commun…

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