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Showing 271280 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 196

…ppear, the judge who ordered the appearance or the judge appointed by the bench to which he belongs may go to that party after, if appropriate, summoning the opposing party.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1961

The court may order the sequestration: 1° Of movables seized from a debtor; 2° Of an immovable or movable thing, the ownership or possession of which is in dispute between two or more persons; 3° Of t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for ships.

Article 191

…ht on board by ships coming from abroad are not subject to customs duties when they remain on board.2. Foodstuffs and provisions may only be brought into the customs territory after detailed declarati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 191

…t is composed of a chamber president, exclusively attached to this service, and two councillors who may, if necessary, provide service to the other chambers of the court. The president of the investig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-19

…nt council appoints, from among its members, the representatives of the municipality or the City of Paris on bodies whose scope of action is limited to the arrondissement and on which the municipality…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1963

…n agreed between the interested parties or to a person appointed ex officio by the judge. In either case, the person to whom the thing has been entrusted is subject to all the obligations entailed by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1939

In the event of the death of the person who made the deposit, the thing deposited may be returned only to his heir.If there are several heirs, it must be returned to each of them for their share and p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 194

…number of units to be taken into account for the division of taxable income provided for in Article 193 is determined in accordance with the following provisions: FAMILY STATUS NUMBER OF UNITS Single,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1961

…stration tax when it takes the place of these duties and the contribution provided for in article 879, are not subject to restitution once they have been duly collected on deeds or contracts subsequen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 196

…the same way when he receives, subsequent to a decision by the Investigating Chamber to dismiss the case, documents which appear to him to contain new charges under the terms of article 189. In such a…

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