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Showing 6170 of 62449 articles for Art. Cass. com. 1-3-1966 n° 64-12.466

French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Special arrangements for the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments

Article 649

The provisions applicable to buildings located in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin shall be laid down by decree (1).

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 645

If a dispute arises between the owners to whom these waters may be useful, the courts, in adjudicating, must reconcile the interests of agriculture with the respect due to property; and, in all cases,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647

An application to register a forgery against a document produced before the Court of Cassation shall be addressed to the First President. It is filed at the court registry. It is signed by the applica…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 641

Any owner has the right to use and dispose of rainwater that falls on his land.If the use of this water or the direction given to it aggravates the natural flow easement established by article 640, co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 642

When it is brought to the attention of the public prosecutor that a document alleged to be forged is in a public depository or has been drawn up in a public depository, the public prosecutor may go to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 644

Where the claim is brought before a court whose registered office is in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the Wallis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 645

Any public custodian of documents alleged to be forged, or having been used to establish forgeries, is required, by order of the examining magistrate, to hand them over to him and to provide, where ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Hospital duties for odontology students.

Article R6153-64-1

The time spent in practical training by hospital odontology students is set at an average of five half-days per week over a twelve-month period. They take part in courses, tests and examinations durin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 64

A counterclaim is one by which the original defendant claims to obtain a benefit other than the mere dismissal of his opponent's claim.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 640

Where an act or formality must be completed before the expiry of a time limit, the time limit originates from the date of the act, event, decision or notification that causes it to run.

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