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Showing 641650 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-16

…vocation of a measure is being considered, the time limit for summons provided for in Article D. 49-15 paragraph is not applicable, and the lawyer is notified of the date of the adversarial hearing by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-16

…order relating to the enquiry prior to the declaration of public utility, referred to in article R. 112-12 of the code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2521

…e following are registered in the land register, for the purposes of opposability to third parties: 1° The following rights in rem in immovable property: a) Immovable property; b) Usufruct of the same…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2522

…sur le livre foncier, à peine d'inadmissabilité, lorsqu'elles portent sur les droits mentionnés aux 1° et 2° de l'article 2521, legal proceedings for the resolution, revocation, annulment or rescissio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-16

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 221-12, a trader who contacts a consumer by telephone with a view to concluding a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of a service shall i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 C

…of the market value used for the assessment of value added tax, in the cases provided for in 4° of 1 of Article L. 59 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, the commission comprises, in addition to the cha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

I.-In each currency, the calculation of the adjustment referred to in Article L. 351-4 corresponds to a fraction of the difference between:1° the interest rate determined by the insurance or reinsuran…

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

Article 2505

For the application to Mayotte of the first paragraph of article 833, the references: "831 to 832-4" are replaced by the references: "831 to 832-1, 832-3 and 832-4". For the application of the second…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-252

…he National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the company at the time of its registration: 1° The company name, followed, where applicable, by its acronym; 2° The legal form, specifying the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-16

Hospital pharmacy assistants who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who are established and legally prac…

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