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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Effects of the guarantee between the debtor and the guarantor

Article 2310

Where there are several principal debtors jointly and severally liable for the same debt, the guarantor shall have the remedies provided for in the preceding articles against each of them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Effects of the guarantee between the debtor and the guarantor

Article 2308

A guarantor who has paid all or part of the debt has personal recourse against the debtor both for the sums he has paid and for interest and costs. Interest accrues automatically from the date of paym…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Effects of the guarantee between the debtor and the guarantor

Article 2311

The guarantor has no recourse if he paid the debt without notifying the debtor and if the debtor subsequently paid it or had the means at the time of payment to have it declared extinguished. However,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Effects of the guarantee between the debtor and the guarantor

Article 2309

A guarantor who has paid all or part of the debt is subrogated to the rights that the creditor had against the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Compulsory purchase

Article 2534

For the purposes of their publication, distraint orders relating to lots depending on an immovable subject to the status of co-ownership are deemed not to relate to the share of the common parts inclu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Provisions relating to Book III

Article 2503

…à 2508. The provisions relating to immovable property apply only subject to the provisions of Title IV of this book.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Calculation for broadcasting on television services

Article 211-29

Sums are calculated for the broadcast, on television services whose publishers are subject to the tax provided for in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Calculation for cinema screenings

Article 211-25

…article L. 115-1 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée for a period of five years from the first commercial performance subject to the provisions relating to the control of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Calculation for cinema screenings

Article 211-26

The calculation rates are set at :- 125% for the fraction of the total box office takings of feature films up to €9,225,000;- 95% for the fraction of the total box office takings of feature films over…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Calculation for cinema screenings

Article 211-27

Calculation rates are reduced by 10%.

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