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Showing 4150 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 CA

…year following that in which it was exercised. It is renewed by tacit agreement, for periods of two calendar years, unless notice of termination is given before the expiry of each period.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-94

…cto investigation or an investigation into one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1, the person whose home is to be searched is in police custody or is being held i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 942

Minors and adults under guardianship will not be reimbursed for failure to accept or publish donations; except for their recourse against their guardians, if necessary, and without reimbursement being…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 943

The magistrate in charge of investigating the case may: - order, even of his own motion, any investigative measure; - order, where appropriate, under penalty of a fine, the production of documents hel…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 946

In the event that the donor has reserved the freedom to dispose of an instrument included in the donation or of a fixed sum out of the donated property, if he dies without having disposed of it, the s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 946

The proceedings shall be oral.The court or the magistrate hearing the case may, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 446-1, exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other pharmacists

Article R5126-94

The provisions of article R. 5126-84 apply to the in-house pharmacies of the Paris fire brigade or the Marseille marine fire brigade, with the exception of the provisions qualifying fire brigade pharm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 94

Search shall be carried out in all places where there may be objects or computer data, the discovery of which would be useful in ascertaining the truth, or property the confiscation of which is provid…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 944

Any gift inter vivos, made under conditions the performance of which depends on the sole will of the donor, shall be void.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 943

The gift inter vivos may include only the present property of the donor; if it includes future property, it will be void in this respect.

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