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Showing 381390 of 50455 articles for Art. Cass. com. 10 February 1987 n° 85-13.262 · Cass. com. 12 June 2007 n° 06-14.872 · Cass. com. 16 May 1995 · Cass. com. 27 May 2015 n° 14-14.744 · Cass. com. 12 December 1995 · Cass. com. 21 May 1996 · BOI-ENR-DMTOM-10-10-10 et -10-20-10

French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Expropriation and easements in the public interest

Article 1045

…ution of a regularly approved alignment plan for the opening, straightening, widening of public streets or squares, communal roads and rural roads;2° To all deeds and contracts relating to land acquir…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13°: Communal land

Article 1046

…oriales relatif au régime de certains biens immobiliers soumis à un droit de jouissance exclusif, whether notarised or concluded in administrative form, are exempt from registration duties and land re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: State and public establishments of the State

Article 1040

I. - Acquisitions and exchanges made by the State, divisions of property between it and private individuals, and all other acts made in this regard are exempt from registration duties, land registrati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Irrigation

Article 1022

The provisions of I of article 1045 are applicable to disputes relating to the compensation mentioned in Article L. 152-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code to which the institution of the easemen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1019

The Court of Cassation rules after hearing the opinion of the public prosecutor.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: False claims.

Article 1030

…ve to act forgery shall be served on the defendant within fifteen days, with a summons to declare whether he intends to make use of the document alleged to be forged. This summons must be accompanied…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1010

The cross-appeal, even if provoked, must, on pain of inadmissibility pronounced ex officio, be made in the form of a factum and contain the same particulars as the plaintiff's factum. The factum must,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: False claims.

Article 1028

…to the first president. It shall be lodged at the registry and signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and at the Cour de cassation if the ministry thereof is compulsory in the case in respect of wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1022

A copy of the judgment shall be sent to the court from which the contested decision emanates.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1034

Unless the case has been referred to the referring court without prior notification, the statement must, on pain of inadmissibility being raised of its own motion, be made before the expiry of a perio…

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