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Showing 54215430 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1014

…asoned decision where the appeal is inadmissible or where it is manifestly not such as to result in cassation. A panel may also decide not to reply in a specially reasoned decision to one or more plea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1382

…ents in civil and commercial matters designates the courts of a Member State without further specification, the court with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the or one of the defenda…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-14

…er as a result of exercising his right to training under this section shall be compensated by the local authority up to a limit of eighteen days per elected member for the duration of the term of offi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1389

I. - Taxpayers may obtain property tax relief in the event of the vacancy of a house normally intended for letting or the non-use of a building used by the taxpayer himself for commercial or industria…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article L751-1

…Banque de France, which alone is authorised to centralise this information.It is subject to the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title VIII bis: Property development contracts

Article 1831-1

…common interest whereby a person known as a "property developer" undertakes to the project owner to carry out, for an agreed price, by means of project leasing contracts, a construction programme for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Aid schemes established by intergovernmental agreements

Article 711-1

…government of the Federal Republic of Germany on support for film co-production projects, signed in Cannes on 17 May 2001, amended by the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters signed in Pari…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: The national plant variety authority

Article R412-15

The time limit for appealing to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions by the person in charge of missions under the authority of the national plant variety authority is one month. Where the appe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-11-1

At the end of their term of office, any mayor or deputy mayor who, in order to carry out their term of office, has ceased their salaried professional activity is entitled, at their request, to profess…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article R2123-11-1

…al allowance, provided they meet the conditions set out in the aforementioned article. For the application of the present provisions, the condition of cessation of professional activity is assessed at…

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