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Showing 311320 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
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1680

The three experts will be appointed ex officio, unless the parties have agreed to appoint all three jointly.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1678

Such proof may be made only by a report of three experts, who shall be required to draw up a single joint report, and to form a single opinion by a plurality of votes.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1679

If there are differing opinions, the minutes will contain the reasons for them, without it being permitted to state which opinion each expert was of.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1684

It does not take place in all sales which, by law, can only be made by judicial authority.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1682

If the purchaser prefers to keep the thing by providing the supplement regulated by the preceding article, he owes interest on the supplement, from the day of the demand for rescission. If he prefers…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-2

Project grants are awarded to companies meeting the conditions set out in articles 632-2 and 632-3.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-16

…es of cancellation.The provisions of this article do not apply to life insurance. They apply from 9 July 1973 to contracts taken out prior to 15 July 1972.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 164

Experts may receive, by way of information and for the sole purpose of carrying out their mission, statements from any person other than the person under investigation, the assisted witness or the civ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-22

…pport:1° Either the publication or re-publication of a specific cinematographic or audiovisual work;2° Or the publication of a programme comprising between six and thirty publishing projects, regardle…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-25

…tion of:1° The cultural interest, editorial quality and technical quality of the publishing project;2° The consistency and relevance of the editorial line in the case of a programme;3° The economic co…

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