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Showing 111120 of 22854 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Sept. 2013 – no. 12-21.089

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

Article 2446

Except in cases where they are justified in refusing the filing or rejecting a formality, in accordance with legislative or regulatory provisions, on land registration, the services responsible for la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 240

1. Natural persons who, in the exercise of their profession, pay commission, brokerage, commercial or other rebates, occasional or other fees, gratuities and other remuneration to third parties must d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2417

Mortgages are always granted for the capital up to a specified amount, which the notarial deed mentions on pain of nullity. Where applicable, the parties shall assess any indeterminate, contingent or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2436

In either case, those requesting the cancellation shall file with the service responsible for land registration the authenticated copy of the deed of consent, or that of the judgment.No supporting doc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 241

Companies, companies or associations that collect and pay copyright or inventor's rights are required to declare, the amount of the sums they pay to their members or principals.This declaration may be…

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

Article 2444

I. - The State is liable for the loss resulting from faults committed by each service responsible for land registration in the performance of its duties, in particular: 1° The failure to publish deeds…

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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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…phic entertainment establishments under the scheme provided for in articles 19-1 and 19-2 of decree no. 98-750 of 24 August 1998 relating to financial support for the showing of certain cinematographi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2425

…t to restitution, relating to mortgage claims.Agreements that must be published pursuant to article 2416 shall be published in the same form.The deeds and court decisions recording these various agree…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2441

If the value of the immovables on which the mortgage of the minor or of the adult under guardianship has been registered significantly exceeds what is necessary to guarantee the management of the guar…

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