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Showing 40814090 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-17

…e not been parties to the agreement, third parties who have dealt with the manager of the undivided interest may not rely, to the detriment of the usufruct rights, on any powers conferred on him by th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-14

The option to acquire or allocate lapses if its beneficiary has not exercised it by notifying the surviving undivided co-owners and the heirs of the predeceased within one month of the day on which he…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-12

In the event of the alienation of all or part of an undivided co-owner's rights in the undivided property, or in one or more of these properties, the co-undivided co-owners benefit from the rights of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-18

Where the agreement between usufructuary and bare owner provides for decisions to be taken by a majority in number and in shares, the voting right attaching to the shares is divided equally between us…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-16

Where undivided property is encumbered by a usufruct, agreements, subject in principle to the provisions of the preceding chapter, may be concluded either between the bare owners or between the usufru…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

An additional tax on business property tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The list of suitable candidates

Article R742-17-1

…suitable candidates ceases to be entered on the list at his/her request, on the date of his/her appointment as a commercial court clerk or at the end of a period of five years. An additional period of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-1

They may apply to be registered with mention of the commercial speciality on the list mentioned in Article L. 811-2 to the national registration and disciplinary commission:1° Persons holding the mast…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-3

The trainee writes an internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an…

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