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Showing 221230 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1373

The party to whom it is opposed may disavow his handwriting or signature. The heirs or assigns of a party may likewise disavow the handwriting or signature of their author, or declare that they do not…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1387

In the event of the return to the court registry of a letter of notification for which the acknowledgement of receipt has not been signed under the conditions provided for in Article 670, notification…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Novation

Article 1333

Novation by change of creditor requires the debtor's consent. The latter may, in advance, agree to the new creditor being designated by the first creditor.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

The right to review provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 136

…or appearance warrants, committal warrants, detention warrants, arrest warrants and search warrants may give rise to disciplinary sanctions against the investigating judge, the liberty and custody jud…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L775-13

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 130

Where a transfer is required under the conditions provided for in articles 128 and 129, the person must be brought before the investigating judge who issued the warrant within four days of notificatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1376

A private deed in which one party undertakes to pay another a sum of money or to deliver a fungible good is only evidence if it includes the signature of the party making the undertaking and a stateme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395

…of sowing, planting or replanting. From 1 January of the year following the promulgation of Act no. 2001-602 du 9 juillet 2001 d'orientation sur la forêt, this exemption period is reduced to ten years…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of curatorship.

Article 1342

The advertising provided for in articles 809-1, 809-2, 810-5 and 810-7 of the Civil Code give rise to the insertion of a notice in a legal gazette circulated within the jurisdiction of the competent c…

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