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Showing 15311540 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1223-8

…where its use is customary and consistent with the regular practice of the profession using it on 1 January 2017. This contract is concluded for an indefinite period.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 quindecies

Distributions and net gains relating to units in venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code in its version prior to Or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article L670-8

…luded in the assets of a debtor who has been the subject of receivership proceedings opened after 1 January 1986.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

…of sociétés en commandite simple are, where these companies have not opted for the tax regime applicable to sociétés de capitaux, personally subject to income tax on the share of company profits corr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public and civil proceedings

Article 808

The second paragraph of article 2-8 is worded as follows:"Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and whose purpose, by virtue of its articles o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appeal from a judgment ruling exclusively on jurisdiction

Article 89

When it decides to evoke the case, the court invites the parties, if necessary by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to constitute a lawyer within a time limit that it shall set, if th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 843

…e the share of the succession, unless the testator has expressed his will to the contrary, in which case the legatee may only claim his legacy by taking less.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Actions to supplement shares

Article 890

…tion or the act in lieu thereof on the difficulties presented by that partition or that act. In the case of successive partial divisions, lesion is assessed without taking into account either the part…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Fixed-date procedure

Article 844

…d to allow the party summoned to prepare its defence. If the defendant has instructed a lawyer, the case is pleaded immediately as it stands, even if no submissions have been made by the defendant or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General measures to prevent chemical risks.

Article R4535-8

When they are exposed or likely to be exposed to hazardous chemical agents other than carcinogens, mutagens or agents toxic to reproduction, self-employed workers and employers who work directly on a…

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