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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preferential agreement and unilateral undertaking

Article 1123

…When a contract is entered into with a third party in breach of a preference pact, the beneficiary may obtain compensation for the loss suffered. Where the third party was aware of the existence of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-12

The statement or statement of reasons provided for in article R. 3122-11 shall include a list of the supporting documents produced. The exhibits and documents are submitted to the registry of the cour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal status of acts taken by municipal authorities.

Article D2573-11

…o the adaptations provided for in II to III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2131-1, R. 2131-2-A, R. 2131-2-B, R. 2131-3 and R. 2131-4 decree no. 2021-1311 of 7 October 2021 R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

1. The net gains referred to in I of article 150-0 A are made up of the difference between the effective price of the transfer of the securities or rights, net of the costs and taxes paid by the trans…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

…a good and solvent guarantee in respect of the non-prohibited goods; the guarantee of the guarantee may be replaced by the deposit of duties and taxes.3. Persons liable for value added tax and assimil…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1294

The judgment pronouncing the separation is published in a newspaper circulated within the jurisdiction of the court that handed it down. The operative part of the judgment is notified to the civil reg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-12

The "Free of Damage" clause frees the insurer from any damage, whether common or specific, except in cases which give rise to the right to surrender the goods; in these cases, the insured has the opti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contracts for the purchase of one or more existing artistic works

Article R2172-15

…hen it involves the purchase of one or more existing artistic creations and the amount is less than 30,000 euros excluding tax.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

…ticle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General information

Article 1586

I. - The départements shall collect:1° (Repealed);2° La redevance des mines, prévues à article 1587 ;3° La part de la fraction de la composante de l'imposition forfaitaire sur les entreprises de résea…

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