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Showing 90919100 of 56962 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-10-2014 n° 13-16.806

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1122

The law or the contract may provide for a cooling-off period, which is the period before the expiry of which the recipient of the offer may not express his acceptance, or a withdrawal period, which is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1115

It may be freely retracted until it reaches the addressee.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-17

A sports agent may only act on behalf of one of the parties to the contracts mentioned in Article L. 222-7. The written contract pursuant to which the sports agent performs the activity of bringing to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167

1. A taxpayer domiciled in France who transfers his residence abroad is liable to income tax on the income he has disposed of during the year of his departure up to the date of his departure, on the i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative approval

Article R382-1

Articles R. 321-4, R. 321-4-1, R. 321-17, R. 321-18 and R. 321-22 apply to the authorisation of supplementary occupational pension funds.For the application of these provisions, the reference to artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-11

The purpose of the automated processing is to ensure: 1° Remote declaration of the commercial events mentioned in articles R. 762-4 and R. 762-10, as well as the remote declaration of the registration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-14

Without prejudice to the application of I and II of Article L. 622-13, the termination of the lease of buildings leased to the debtor and used for the business's activity occurs under the following co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-71-1

The president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of commerce and industry may consult the members of its bureau, its general meeting and, for CCI France, its executive committee by e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-16

Benefit from the allocation provided for in article L. 2334-15 :1° The first two-thirds of municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more, classified, each year, according to a synthetic index of reso…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article R611-14

A civil servant or public employee who is the author of an invention shall immediately make a declaration thereof to the authority empowered by the public person to which he reports. The provisions of…

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