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Showing 27012710 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Acts subject to the combined formality of registration and land registration

Article 647

…he liens and mortgages mentioned in i of 1° of article 2521 of the Civil Code. The new formality is called the "merged formality".Excluded from this system are: court decisions and deeds for which it…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 669

The date of dispatch of a notification made by post is the date shown on the stamp of the issuing office. The date of delivery is the date of the receipt or the endorsement. The date of receipt of a n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 661

…ies concerned shall be served with the judgment settling the dispute. The latter may, except in the case where communication of the application has been ordered, lodge an opposition to this judgment,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 686

…egistered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a certified copy of the document to be served indicating very clearly that it constitutes a simple copy.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 670

…esident shall notify the President of the court to which the disqualified judge belongs of the application he has received in administrative form.The application for disqualification shall not relieve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

I.-The application for authorisation to obtain the early access provided for in Article L. 5121-12 is sent by electronic means, by the holder of the exploitation rights or his authorised representativ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.

Article R823-6

…lternate auditors. The same applies in the event of a challenge made on the basis of Article L. 823-6.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Remuneration paid to managers and members of certain companies

Article 62

…ir beneficiaries if they are allowed as a deduction from profits subject to corporation tax by application of article 211, even if the results for the financial year are in deficit, when they are allo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R212-66

Approval may be withdrawn following an adversarial procedure in the event of a breach of the conditions required for its issue.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment.

Article R6152-610

…r is entitled, by way of additional remuneration, to an allowance intended to compensate for the precariousness of his situation. The amount and conditions of payment of the allowance are set by order…

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