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Showing 621630 of 38682 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000 · Cass. soc. 19 June 2013 n° 12-17.913 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 January 2002 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 n° 05-10.221 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010 n° 09-71.489

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-20

The request for exoneration provided for in article 495-18 or the claim provided for in article 495-19 is only admissible if it is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, using the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2361

A pledge of a claim, present or future, takes effect between the parties and becomes enforceable against third parties on the date of the deed. In the event of a dispute, proof of the date lies with t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209

…ration tax shall be determined in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 34 to 45,53 A to 57,108 to 117,237 ter A et 302 septies A bis and taking into account only profits made in businesses…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

…s; the deferred salary, for the year due and for the current year, instituted by the article L. 321-13 du code rural et de la pêche maritime; -the surviving spouse's claims instituted by the

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

Article 1970

In the case of the preceding article, the life annuity is reducible if it exceeds what it is permitted to dispose of; it is void if it is for the benefit of a person incapable of receiving.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Entering into an innovation partnership

Article R2172-30

The purchaser may not award the innovation partnership on the basis of the initial tenders without negotiation. It shall negotiate the initial tenders and all subsequent tenders with a view to improvi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-305

…sional qualification or when it does not transmit the information provided for in 3° of article R. 123-279 within the required timeframe, or when, in the event of a change in situation affecting its o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 236

…c Prosecutor, by the First President of the Court of Appeal or, in the case provided for in Article 235, by the judgment of the Court of Appeal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2365

In the event of default by his debtor, the pledged creditor may have the pledged claim and all rights attached thereto assigned to him by the court or under the terms of the agreement. He may also wai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Household and other waste

Article L2573-30

I. - The first two paragraphs of Article L. 2224-13, l'article L. 2224-14, the first paragraph of article L. 2224-15 and the first paragraph of l'article L. 2224-16 are applicable to the communes of F…

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