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Showing 110 of 58419 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-7-2003 n° 861

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: The different ways in which the term of office ends.

Article 2003

The mandate ends:By the revocation of the mandatary,By the latter's renunciation of the mandate,By the death, guardianship of adults or the insolvency of either the principal or the mandatary.The mand…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861-1

The court may, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 446-1, exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the judge organises exchanges between the par…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 861

Where the return is in kind and the condition of the objects given has been improved by the act of the donee, he must be taken into account for this, having regard to what their value was increased at…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861

In the absence of conciliation, if the case is not ready for trial, the panel shall refer it to a future hearing or assign one of its members to hear it. Unless the case is decided at the first hearin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 861

The period provided for in the third paragraph of Article 662 is two months..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 861-3

…ispense with a party's attendance at a subsequent hearing under the conditions laid down in Article 861-1.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 68, the incidental request for the granting of an extension of payment pursuant to Article 1343-5 of the Civil Code may be made by application made, deli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

I. - Where a taxpayer carries on his professional activity within the framework of a company whose profits are, pursuant to the articles 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 nonies

If the Commission nationale des comptes de campagne et des financements politiques instituted in Article L. 52-14 of the Electoral Code finds that a political party or grouping is in breach of the obl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

I. - At the request of the company, the added value of establishments exempt from business property tax pursuant to the decision of a municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal coopera…

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