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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2528

Rights subject to registration pursuant to article 2521 are, if they have not been registered, unenforceable against third parties who, on the same immovable, have acquired, from the same author, comp…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-21

…of the provisions of this chapter and, in particular, the composition of the establishment referred to in article L. 411-13, the procedures for its organisation, operation and control and the conditio…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-20

…ies, the creation and operating principles of which are provided for by a collective branch or territorial agreement concluded in accordance with articles L. 2221-1 et seq. of the French Labour Code,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R411-2

If the service provider ceases to fulfil the conditions to which the signature of the agreement provided for in the previous article was subject, or if it has failed to fulfil the commitments made in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202

…nd which have not yet been taxed is established immediately. It is calculated at the last rate used to calculate the advance payment mentioned in 2° of 2 of article 204 A. Taxpayers must, within a per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-21-2

The statutory auditor who, pursuant to III of article L. 823-18, applying to be authorised to exceed the ceiling on fees provided for in II of the same article shall send the bureau of the High Counci…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 277

Independently of the legal or judicial mortgage, the judge may require the debtor spouse to set up a pledge, give security or take out a contract guaranteeing payment of the annuity or capital.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 272

When a compensatory allowance is fixed, by the judge or by the parties, or when an application for review is made, the parties shall provide the judge with a statement certifying on their honour the a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 276

…onally, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision, where the age or state of health of the creditor does not allow him to support himself, fix the compensatory allowance in the form of a life annu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 274

The judge shall decide the manner in which the capital compensatory allowance is to be enforced from among the following forms: 1° Payment of a sum of money, whereby the granting of the divorce may be…

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