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Showing 77717780 of 56775 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-1-1997 n° 80

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1832

A company is formed by two or more persons who agree by contract to allocate property or their industry to a common undertaking with a view to sharing the profits or benefiting from any savings that m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Mutations

Article 1883

The enjoyment, by way of farm, or lease, or commitment of a property, is also sufficiently established, for the request and continued payment of duties and, where applicable, additional tax, relating…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1036

The registrar of the referring court shall forthwith send, by simple letter, to each of the parties to the cassation proceedings, a copy of the declaration with, if applicable, an indication of the ob…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

The right to review provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIb: Cotisation foncière des entreprises: minimum levy

Article 1647 D

…f the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation and that which it has set is greater than 80%. This ratio is assessed separately for each of the turnover or revenue brackets mentioned in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133

The person seized by virtue of an arrest warrant shall be brought before the examining magistrate or, failing that, the president of the court or the judge designated by the latter within twenty-four…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1578

The competence vested in bailiffs to issue the documents provided for in this code may be exercised in the Wallis and Futuna Islands by a representative of the administrative or military authority; th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Territorial conferences

Article D1442-13

When the territorial jurisdiction of the territorial conference is made up of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, article D. 1434-22 is amended as follows: 1° The first paragraph is replaced by the fol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…ere applicable by a means of telecommunication in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 803-1. The issue of the first copy of each document or deed in the file is free of charge. Where the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: International arbitration

Article 1506

Unless the parties have agreed otherwise and subject to the provisions of this Title, the following Articles shall apply to international arbitration:1° 1446,1447,1448 (paragraphs 1 and 2) and 1449, r…

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