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Showing 4150 of 56727 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-1-1990 n° 83

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-1

In order to support the cinema exhibition sector, which has been particularly affected by the energy crisis, the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition accounts may be invested and the advanc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 832-1

Applications made under the provisions of this Title shall be considered only after the processing of applications for investments or advances already registered under Articles 232-8 to 232-12.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 83

Where there are several investigating judges in a court, the president of the court or, if he is unable to act, the magistrate who replaces him, shall designate, for each information, the judge who wi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 831

The surviving spouse or any heir who is a co-owner may apply for preferential allotment by way of partition, subject to a balancing payment if applicable, of any business, or part of a business, wheth…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 833

The provisions of articles 831 to 832-4 benefit the spouse or any heir called to succeed by virtue of the law, whether he is a full or bare owner. These provisions, with the exception of those of arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832

The preferential allocation referred to in article 831 is by right for any agricultural holding that does not exceed the surface area limits set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, if continued joint own…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 834

The beneficiary of the preferential allotment does not become the sole owner of the property allotted until the day of the final partition. Until that date, he may renounce the allotment only where th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 830

In the formation and composition of lots, every effort shall be made to avoid dividing economic units and other sets of goods, the splitting of which would lead to depreciation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appeal from a judgment ruling exclusively on jurisdiction

Article 83

Where the judge has ruled on jurisdiction without ruling on the merits of the dispute, his decision may be appealed under the conditions laid down in this paragraph.The decision may likewise be challe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis N

Any person who has an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse pays a slaughter health fee to the State. However, in the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on beh…

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