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Showing 47814790 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 290

…zone, be put to the same uses as if they had been imported directly and under the same conditions. 2. When goods placed in free zones are released for consumption, the customs duties and taxes payabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 207

The obligations resulting from these provisions are reciprocal.Nonetheless, when the creditor has himself committed a serious breach of his obligations towards the debtor, the judge may discharge the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 260

…nt concluded by private deed countersigned by lawyers, on the date on which it becomes enforceable; 2° By the decision granting the divorce, on the date on which it becomes res judicata.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-28

Subject to the third paragraph of I of article L. 144-2, II of article R. 134-10 and article R. 134-11, as well as article R. 134-12 apply to each subsidiary account and no fidelity guarantee not paya…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 2232

…y on which the right arose. The first paragraph does not apply in the cases referred to in articles 2226, 2226-1, 2227, 2233 and 2236, in the first paragraph of article 2241 and to l'article 2244. Nor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Autonomous guarantee

Article 2321

The autonomous guarantee is the undertaking by which the guarantor undertakes, in consideration of an obligation entered into by a third party, to pay a sum either on first demand or in accordance wit…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 211

…eem necessary for the application of the provisions relating to open account, movement and grazing. 2. Security receipts must be produced to them on demand.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237

Expenses relating to advertising prohibited by the articles L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 and L. 3323-5 of the Public Health Code are not deductible in determining profits subject to income tax or corporation…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2448

The register kept pursuant to the preceding article shall be numbered and initialled on each page, by first and last, by the judicial court judge within whose jurisdiction the office is established. I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-23

…d in Tier 1 when they de facto have the characteristics mentioned in a and b of I of Article R. 351-22, taking into account the factors mentioned in II of Article R. 351-22. The list and classificatio…

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