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Showing 371380 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 194

…of the parties' statements, their absence or their refusal to reply. The drawing up of the minutes may, however, be replaced by a mention in the judgment if the case is immediately decided at last in…

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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 1965

…person whose absence had led to the payment of death duties is judicially established, these duties may be refunded with the exception of those corresponding to the right of enjoyment enjoyed by the h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Interest-bearing loans.

Article 1907

Interest is legal or conventional. Legal interest is fixed by law. Conventional interest may exceed that of the law, whenever the law does not prohibit it. The rate of conventional interest must be fi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 199

If the spouses or one of them has died without discovering the fraud, the criminal action may be brought by all those who have an interest in having the marriage declared valid, and by the public pros…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Main insolvency proceedings

Article L691-2

…horise the judicial representative appointed in the main insolvency proceedings opened by a court located on the national territory to make, pursuant to Article 36 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Substances which may be used in the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products.

Article L5144-2

The specific obligations applicable to the manufacture, possession, sale or transfer free of charge of the substances listed in article L. 5144-1 are determined, where necessary, by decrees of the Con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Main insolvency proceedings

Article R691-2

The court is seised by petition of challenges raised or applications made pursuant to Article L. 691-3. The court rules on the application after hearing or duly calling in chambers the debtor who has…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of the person by whom the deposit was made.

Article 1947

…for the preservation of the thing deposited, and to indemnify him for all losses which the deposit may have caused him.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-19

…pharmacies of the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 3° and 4° of Article R. 5126-1 may only be authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article R. 51…

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

Article 1998

…entered into by the agent, in accordance with the authority given to him. He is only bound by what may have been done beyond that, insofar as he has ratified it expressly or tacitly.

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