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Showing 251260 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1519

Community creditors always have the right to have the effects included in the preciput sold, except for the spouse's recourse to the remainder of the community.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1516

The preciput is not regarded as a gift, either in substance or in form, but as a marriage agreement and between partners.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional pharmacovigilance centres

Article R5121-158

…arry out vigilance missions relating to health products under the conditions defined in article R. 1413-61-4.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1533

The mediator and, where applicable, the person mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 1532, must satisfy the following conditions: 1° Not have been the subject of a conviction, incapacity or dis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1524

In the event of a vacancy lasting more than three months, the tax may be discharged or reduced on the basis of a complaint submitted in accordance with the conditions laid down in such cases for prope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement in a Member State of the European Union of financial penalties imposed by the French authorities

Article D48-15

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article D. 48-14, the public prosecutor may not resume enforcement of the pecuniary penalty if the non-recognition of the penalty is based on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1524

…rvives. The spouse who retains the entire community in this way is obliged to pay all its debts. It may also be agreed, in the event of survival, that one of the spouses will have, in addition to his…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

…cial professions, the salary of the spouse actually participating in the exercise of the profession may, at the taxpayer's request, be deducted from taxable profits, provided that this salary has give…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 150

The compensation awarded pursuant to this sub-section shall be borne by the State, except for recourse by the latter against the informer in bad faith or the false witness whose fault caused the deten…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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