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Showing 49014910 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Conditions for application of the special regime for mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article 817 A

…munities, to mergers giving entitlement to the special scheme and, for the latter transactions, the cases in which this scheme may be withdrawn.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Fractional or deferred payment of duties

Article 1722 bis

In the case provided for in articles 832 and 924-3 of the Civil Code, where the beneficiary of the gift or legacy has time to pay the balances or rewards owed to his co-heirs, the payment of the death…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 885

…provisions of Articles 54, 56 with the exception of its second and fifth paragraphs, and 57.In all cases, the application must state, even summarily, the grounds on which it is based.Applications sub…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Summary orders.

Article 873

…essary, either to prevent imminent damage or to put an end to a manifestly unlawful disturbance. In cases where the existence of the obligation is not seriously disputable, he may grant an advance to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Summary orders.

Article 894

…essary, either to prevent imminent damage or to put an end to a manifestly unlawful disturbance. In cases where the existence of the obligation is not seriously disputable, he may grant an advance to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1022-1

In cases for which the parties are exempted from the assistance of a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, decisions of cassation are notified by the registry of the Cour de cassatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056

…ered in the civil status registers must state the forenames and surnames of the parties and, as the case may be, the place where the transcription is to be made or the places and dates of the records…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1180-14

…te, in particular when articles 387, 387-3, 387-4 and 387-5 of the Civil Code are applied . In this case, the judge will rule after hearing or calling the legal administrator(s). The parties' lawyers,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1208-1

…ey are assisted or represented. The lawyer may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file for the exclusive use of the proceedings. He may not communicate the copies obtained or th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Unsealing.

Article 1319

…parties called are present or represented and do not object to this being done. If this is not the case, an inventory shall be drawn up by the judicial officer, under the conditions provided for in S…

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