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Showing 201210 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Livestock given to the tenant farmer.

Article 1827

If the entire herd perishes through no fault of the tenant farmer, the loss shall be for the lessor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Livestock given to the tenant farmer.

Article 1828

…t the lessor shall have a larger share of the profit;That he shall have half of the milkings;But it cannot be stipulated that the tenant farmer shall be liable for all the loss..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Livestock given to the tenant farmer.

Article 1830

It is, moreover, subject to all the rules for single livestock.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Grazing land.

Article 180

1. Animals belonging to the categories referred to in Article 208 below which are to graze outside the Customs territory must be the subject of acquits-à-caution by which the exporters undertake to re…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Sale of goods in storage.

Article 188

…costs to which the goods may be subject shall be paid.Any balance remaining shall be paid into the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, where it shall remain at the disposal of the owner of the goods…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Sale of goods in storage.

Article 186

1. Goods that have not been removed within a period of four months from the date of their entry in the deposit register shall be sold by public auction.2. Goods that are perishable or in a poor state…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 187

…or territory have neither the purpose nor the effect of allowing, for tax evasion purposes, their localisation in such a State or territory.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1802

The provisions of Article 1801 shall not apply:1° To the offences referred to in articles 1797 and 1810; 2° Aux infractions au régime économique de l'alcool et au monopole des tabacs.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825

The closure of any establishment in which one of the offences mentioned in Article 1817 has been observed may be ordered, for a period not exceeding six months, by prefectoral order issued on the prop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1840

…f the management, executive or administrative bodies, are jointly and severally liable for any loss caused either by the failure to include a mandatory statement in the Articles of Association, or by…

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