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Showing 5160 of 50777 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 13-2-1985 n° 82-14.220

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 823

Maintenance in undivided ownership may not be prescribed for a period of more than five years. It may be renewed, in the case provided for in the first paragraph of Article 822, until the youngest of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies A

1. Failure to comply with the undertakings entered into with a view to obtaining administrative approval or failure to comply with the conditions to which the granting of the latter was subject shall…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section 3: The application for judgment where conciliation fails

Article 826

If the preliminary conciliation attempt fails in whole or in part, the claimant may refer all or part of his initial claims to the court for judgment. The referral to the court is made in accordance w…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Air transport.

Article 82

The provisions of Article 73 (2) concerning unloading and transhipment apply to carriage by air.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The preliminary conciliation attempt

Article 820

The application to the court may be made for the purposes of a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies. The request for a preliminar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation delegated to a judicial conciliator

Article 823

The notices sent to the parties by the court clerk specify that each party may appear before the conciliator with a person who is entitled to assist him before the judge. The parties are further advis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 821

The time limits provided for in Article 130 and in the last paragraph of article 135-2 are extended to fifteen days when the transfer is from or to an overseas territory or New Caledonia.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 824

For the application of Article 191, the investigating chamber of the Nouméa court of appeal and that of the Papeete court of appeal are composed of a chamber president or councillor and two judges fro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation delegated to a judicial conciliator

Article 822

The claimant and the judicial conciliator are notified by any means of the judge's decision. A copy of the request is sent to the conciliator. The judicial conciliator shall proceed with the conciliat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Real estate and similar companies

Article 827

I. - The following shall be registered free of charge:1° Deeds recording the allocation of net assets made to one or more recipient bodies by a société d'habitations à loyer modéré, pursuant to the fi…

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