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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application

Article A322-147

This section applies to establishments which organise sport parachuting or wind tunnel freefall activities.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable premises

Article 1407

I. - Council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling is due:1° For all furnished premises allocated to residential use other than those allocated to th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1406

The application shall be brought, as the case may be, before the protection litigation judge or the president of the judicial court or the commercial court, within the limits of the jurisdiction of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1438

If the father and mother have jointly endowed the common child without expressing the portion to which they intended to contribute, they are deemed to have each endowed half, either if the dowry was p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The costs of injunctions to pay and European injunctions to pay proceedings before the Commercial Court.

Article 1425

Before the Commercial Court, the costs of the proceedings are advanced by the claimant and deposited with the clerk's office within fifteen days of the application at the latest, failing which the app…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1449

The existence of an arbitration agreement shall not prevent a party, as long as the arbitral tribunal has not been constituted, from bringing an action before a State court for the purpose of obtainin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Contracts for accommodation for the elderly and home help and assistance services

Article R224-14

The procedures for applying the rules relating to accommodation contracts for the elderly are laid down by the provisions of Chapter II of Title IV of Book III of the Code de l'action sociale et des f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1452

The following are exempt from business property tax: 1° Workers who do contract work for private individuals, or on their behalf and with materials belonging to them, whether or not they have a sign o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499

The rental value of industrial fixed assets liable to property tax on built-up properties is determined by applying interest rates to the cost price of their various components, revalued using the coe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-14

The lessor may refuse to renew the lease. However, the lessor must, subject to the exceptions set out in articles L. 145-17 et seq, pay the evicted tenant a so-called eviction indemnity equal to the l…

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