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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236

I. - For income tax or corporation tax purposes, operating expenses incurred in scientific or technical research operations may, at the company's option, be capitalised or deducted from the results fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2395

…in the rights resulting from its registration.The same applies to a judicial mortgage, guaranteeing maintenance awarded or likely to be awarded to a spouse, for himself or for his children.If the spou…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article 235

If the challenge is admitted, if the technician refuses the assignment, or if there is a legitimate impediment, the technician shall be replaced by the judge who appointed him or by the judge in charg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2301

The person who undertakes to provide a legal or judicial guarantee must be sufficiently solvent to meet the obligation. If this guarantor becomes insolvent, the debtor must substitute another guaranto…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2372

In the event of alienation or loss of the property, ownership is carried over to the debtor's claim against the sub-purchaser or to the insurance indemnity subrogated to the property.The sub-purchaser…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee

Article 2314

Where subrogation to the creditor's rights can no longer be effected in his favour through the creditor's fault, the guarantor shall be discharged to the extent of the loss he suffers. Any clause to t…

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

Article 2337

The pledge is enforceable against third parties by the publication made of it.It is also enforceable against third parties by the dispossession in the hands of the creditor or an agreed third party of…

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

Article 2340

Where the same asset is the subject of several successive non-possessory pledges, the ranking of the creditors is governed by the order of their registration. Where an asset given as a non-possessory…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2371

In the absence of full payment on the due date, the creditor may request the return of the property in order to recover the right to dispose of it. The value of the property taken back is set off, by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Autonomous guarantee

Article 2321

The autonomous guarantee is the undertaking by which the guarantor undertakes, in consideration of an obligation entered into by a third party, to pay a sum either on first demand or in accordance wit…

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