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Showing 110 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the principal.

Article 2000

The principal must also indemnify the agent for losses incurred by the agent in the course of its management, without imprudence attributable to the agent.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the principal.

Article 2001

Interest on advances made by the agent is due to him from the principal, from the date of the recorded advances.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2017

Unless otherwise stipulated in the trust agreement, the settlor may at any time appoint a third party to ensure that his interests are safeguarded in the performance of the agreement and who may have…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2011

A trust is a transaction by which one or more settlors transfer property, rights or security interests, or a bundle of property, rights or security interests, present or future, to one or more trustee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 CA

…ffect on the first day of the month in which it is exercised. It must cover a period expiring on 31 December of the second year following that in which it was exercised. It is renewed by tacit agreeme…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…igital subtitling and audio description files and the adaptation of these files to any digital broadcast medium must comply with the methodological requirements of the Charter on the quality of subtit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-21

The amount of the direct allocation is set at 50% of the definitive distribution expenses, up to the ceiling provided for in the paragraph below and subject to the application, where applicable, of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article 223-21

…to their circulation throughout France and the type of cinemas in which they are shown.For the allocation of aid for an annual distribution programme, the agreement provides for the possibility, in t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-22

The limit provided for in article 211-21 is raised to 70% for difficult or low-budget cinematographic works that do not benefit from the tax credit for delegated production expenses for cinematographi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-22

…ined a foreigner even though one of his or her parents has acquired French nationality if he or she can prove that he or she has resided in France with that parent for the five years preceding the sub…

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