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Showing 110 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the principal.

Article 2002

Where the agent has been constituted by several persons for a common business, each of them is jointly and severally liable to the agent for all the effects of the mandate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1972

It can be formed on one or more heads.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1996

The agent shall owe interest on the sums which he has employed for his use from the date of such employment; and on those of which he is in arrears from the day on which he is put in default.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

…eneral scope taken, each insofar as it is concerned, under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, by the territorial authorities and their groupings with their own tax system, a rebate i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Generalised social contribution levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale des allocations familiales, the Fonds de solidarité vieillesse and compulsory health insurance schemes

Article 1600-00 C

In accordance with II bis of article L. 136-5 of the Social Security Code, the generalised social contribution on earned income and replacement income due on foreign source income, provided that, in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Vb: Tax on the sale for valuable consideration of bare land that has been made buildable

Article 1605 nonies

…nd or rights relating to bare land made constructible as a result of their classification, after 13 January 2010, by a local town planning plan or by another town planning document in lieu thereof, in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638-00 bis

…year, the decisions relating to the rates to be set for the latter year in accordance with Article 1639 A must be the subject of concordant decisions by the municipal councils of the municipalities r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Rounding rules

Article 1647-00 A

Les prélèvements pour frais d'assiette et de recouvrement mentionnés aux articles 1641 and 1647 are rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…ames marketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses. Gross gaming revenu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies

…rs of the Minister responsible for the budget, issued after consulting a body designated by decree (2), may define, taking into account the size, nature or location of the activities in question, the…

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