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Showing 17611770 of 53768 articles for Art. 2 mai 1990

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R782-21

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210

…ticle apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Et…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Suspensive arrangements

Article 276

Any person or company intending to avail itself of a legal or regulatory provision to receive products free of value added tax may be required to present, beforehand, a solvent guarantor who undertake…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2016

The settlor or trustee may be the beneficiary or one of the beneficiaries of the trust agreement.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2344

Where the pledge is constituted with dispossession, the pledgor may claim the return of the pledged property, without prejudice to damages, if the creditor or the agreed third party fails to fulfil it…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Certificates.

Article 203

The judge may always proceed by way of an enquiry to hear the author of an attestation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVI: Arbitration agreement

Article 2059

All persons may compromise on the rights of which they have free disposal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Invocation of the limitation period.

Article 2247

Judges may not, of their own motion, substitute the plea resulting from prescription.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-23

…esponding to his professional speciality as it appears on the lists provided for in article L. 131-12.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-26

Sworn merchandise brokers sell and buy back merchandise in the event of non-performance of a contract.

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