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Showing 191200 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220

…to enter alone into contracts which have as their object the maintenance of the household or the education of the children: any debt thus contracted by one obliges the other jointly and severally.Soli…

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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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R782-23

I. - Are applicable in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R783-23

…low shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2245

The interpellation made to one of the joint and several debtors by an application to court or by an act of forced execution or the acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the one against whom he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…and parking areas is levied, within the territorial limits of the Ile-de-France region, made up of Paris and the départements of Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Mar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2333

…e asset or group of movable tangible assets. Secured claims may be present or future; in the latter case, they must be determinable.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2372

In the event of alienation or loss of the property, ownership is carried over to the debtor's claim against the sub-purchaser or to the insurance indemnity subrogated to the property.The sub-purchaser…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-22

…al aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-22

I. - A bill of exchange may be drawn: 1° At sight; 2° At a certain sight period; 3° At a certain date period; 4° On a fixed day. II. - Bills of exchange, either at other maturities or at successive ma…

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