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Showing 30413050 of 27094 articles for Art. Cass. com. 14-9-2022 n° 21-12.744

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-8

The amount of the direct allocation is set at :- 35% of the amount of expenditure incurred for cinematographic works released in cinemas on 14 October 2020;- 50% of the amount of expenditure incurred…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 990

In all cases, a duplicate original of the wills mentioned in the two preceding articles shall be made. If this formality could not be fulfilled due to the testator's state of health, an expedition of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-6-1

Where an authority of another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible for the prudential supervision on a consolidated basis of a group c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 958

Revocation on the grounds of ingratitude will not prejudice any alienations made by the donee, nor any mortgages or other real charges that he may have imposed on the object of the donation, provided…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 980

The amount of taxes whose characteristics are similar to those of the real estate wealth tax paid, where applicable, outside France is deductible from the tax payable in France. This deduction is limi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 979

On pain of inadmissibility of the appeal pronounced ex officio, the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:-a copy of the contested decision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article R773-9

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article R774-9

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 957

The application for revocation on grounds of ingratitude must be made within one year from the day of the offence imputed by the donor to the donee, or from the day on which the offence could have bee…

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