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Showing 4150 of 44273 articles for Art. CE 24-2-1978 n° 97347

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B nonies

…mmunes representing two-thirds of the population, to totally or partially maintain the rate differences existing in 1979 between the grouped communes for the council tax on secondary residences and ot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Id: Certifiers abroad

Article 1649 quater N

…7 of Article 158, professionals or organisations which do not have a permanent establishment in France but which are established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 249

…re chosen either from among the councillors of the court of appeal, or from among the presidents, vice-presidents, or judges within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal.The first president of the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 248

…sessors. However, they may be joined by one or more additional assessors if the duration or importance of the session makes this necessary. The additional assessors sit at the hearings. They only take…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2464

Failing the agreement provided for in the preceding article, the third party purchaser may, once the sale has been published, purge the property of the right of pursuit attached to the mortgage. He mu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2471

If the third-party purchaser has acquired by the same deed, for a total price or separate prices, immovables and movables, or several immovables, only some of which are mortgaged, and which may or may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2461

…y, expropriation for public utility or the situations provided for in Books VI of the code de commerceor VII of the code de la consommation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2467

…the prescribed time and form, the value of the property is definitively fixed at the stipulated price or the declared value. The property is consequently released from all mortgages by the payment of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2472

…way as a registered creditor for the purposes of this sub-section. The third party purchaser may, once the sale has been published, purge the immovable by destination of the right of resale attached t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2463

…n the sale of a mortgaged immovable, all the registered creditors agree with the debtor that the price will be applied to the total or partial payment of their claims or some of them, they exercise th…

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