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Showing 17911800 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bearer bonds and stipulations for third parties

Article 1204

An obligation may be incurred by promising the act of a third party. The promisor is released from any obligation if the third party performs the promised act. If he does not, he may be ordered to pay…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-20

I.-Insofar as they are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19, data belonging to the following categories: 1° Data identifying the beneficiary of a pathway; 2° Data rela…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

…a good and solvent guarantee in respect of the non-prohibited goods; the guarantee of the guarantee may be replaced by the deposit of duties and taxes.3. Persons liable for value added tax and assimil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 125

…erest, arrears, redemption premiums or any other proceeds from the securities designated in article 124. Tax is due by the sole fact, either of the payment of interest, however made, or of its entry i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 123

…the person who has remained without giving any news. The court to which the application is referred may also order any other publicity measure in any place where it deems it useful. These publicity me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article D214-206-2

The annual and half-yearly reports referred to in article L. 214-162-10 are made available at the company's registered office and are communicated by any means to the shareholders, respectively within…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-209-2

The Ordinary General Meeting may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase the company's shares, in order to offer them or allocate them: - in the year…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Notifications

Article 1230

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the person in charge of protection or the legal administrator and to all those whose rights or obligations resulting…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1203

…or delegation of parental authority, the parties are required to instruct a lawyer. The application may be addressed to the public prosecutor, who must forward it to the court or judge. In addition to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-19

…raffic financed by the proceeds of parking charge fees are identical to those listed in article R. 2334-12 as well as those falling within the scope of the provisions of section 4 of the single chapte…

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