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Showing 31013110 of 47419 articles for Art. 201 3 bis · CE 5 January 1948 · CE 27 January 1986 · CAA Nantes 16 December 1992 · CE 8 December 1986

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Actions to supplement shares

Article 892

The simple omission of an undivided asset gives rise to a supplementary division relating to that asset.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-16-1

…conditions:1° The loan must be denominated in euros ;2° The interest rate may be fixed or variable;3° The indexation formula for variable rates must meet the criteria of simplicity or predictability…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tax base

Article 1635 quater J

…ons and facilities is set as follows: 1° For pitches for tents, caravans and mobile leisure homes, €3,000 per pitch; 2° For pitches for light leisure dwellings, €10,000 per pitch; 3° For swimming pool…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-8

Decisions that exceed the manager's powers are taken unanimously, except for the manager, if he is himself an undivided co-owner, to exercise the remedies provided by the articles 815-4,815-5 and 815-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 888

…s lot in whole or in part is no longer entitled to bring an action based on fraud, mistake or violence, if the alienation he has made is subsequent to the discovery of the fraud or mistake or the cess…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 887

The partition may be annulled on the grounds of violence or fraud. It may also be annulled on the grounds of error, if the error concerned the existence or the proportion of the rights of the co-share…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-87

…list is a list of companies with the following indications:1° Corporate name or business name;2° Place of registered office;3° Names of all partners practising within it;4° In the case of a multi-prof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article D233-16-1

I. - The threshold provided for in I of article L. 233-28-1 is that set out in I of article D. 232-8-1. II. - The threshold provided for in II of article L. 233-28-2 is that set out in II of article D…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Specific procedures

Article 899

…ms awarded to the victim as compensation for his loss :benefits listed in II of Article 1 of Ordinance no. 59-76 of 7 January 1959 on actions for civil damages by the State and certain other public pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-16-1

Each trade union delegate may use delegation hours, apart from those mentioned in article L. 2143-16, to take part, on behalf of his organisation, in negotiations or consultations at a level other tha…

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