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Showing 27212730 of 49463 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-2-1975

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-28

The organisation files an application for authorisation with the prefect, indicating: - the legal status of the organisation; - the identity of its managers or directors responsible; - the technical a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 288

At the place, day and time fixed for the opening of the session, the court shall sit.The clerk shall call the jurors entered on the list drawn up in accordance with article 266.The court shall rule on…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 208

1. In the area between the land border of the customs territory and a line situated two kilometres inside the line of the customs offices and brigades closest to the foreign country, animals in the ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-26

I. - An open-ended investment company (société d'investissement à capital variable) or a management company acting on behalf of all the UCITS it manages shall not acquire shares carrying voting rights…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2494

Article 2493 is applicable under the conditions set out in Article 17-2. However, articles 21-7 and 21-11 are applicable to a child born in Mayotte to foreign parents before the entry into force of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Equity loans granted by the State.

Article L313-20

The amount of each equity loan granted by the State is made public each year.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2412

A mortgage on an undivided immovable retains its effect regardless of the outcome of the partition if it has been granted by all the undivided co-owners. Otherwise, it retains its effect only to the e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 295

1. The following are exempt from value added tax:1° Maritime transport of persons and goods carried out within the limits of each of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion;2° Sales and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-29

The prefect may issue provisions temporarily or seasonally derogating from articles R. 2224-24 and R. 2224-25, by reasoned decree, issued after consultation with the deliberative body of the municipal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article R2511-20

The provisions of articles R. 2123-1 to R. 2123-7, R. 2123-9 to R. 2123-11, R. 2123-12 to R. 2123-22-1-D et D. 2123-23-1 to D. 2123-25 are applicable to arrondissement mayors, deputy arrondissement ma…

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