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Showing 781790 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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-26

The direct allocation must be repaid:1° In the event of non-compliance with the conditions of allocation or payment;2° When the gross receipts of exploitation accruing to the distribution company at t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

…ity, the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth paragraph of article L. 132-23 according to the procedures described in section 5 of chapter II of title III of book I as we…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1585

Where goods are not sold en bloc, but by weight, count or measure, the sale is not perfected, in the sense that the things sold are at the seller's risk until they are weighed, counted or measured; bu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Local chambers of commerce and industry of regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-23

The members of the regional chamber of commerce and industry and the members of the local chambers of commerce and industry are elected under the same conditions as, respectively, the members of the r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221-3

…n or at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the person under investigation, decide to refer the case to this court for it to examine the proceedings as a whole. In the event of a request from the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-34

In the cases mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 230-33, where the needs of the investigation or enquiry so require, the public prosecutor or investigating judge may, for the sole purpose of installing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-15

…m of office. If the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ceases to hold office or is prevented from carrying out his duties, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer retains his duties and responsibilities,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 undecies

When the transfer of undeveloped land or a similar asset within the meaning of A of article 1594-0 G is remunerated by the handover of buildings or parts of buildings to be erected on this land, taxat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-20

…into a circuit, the sums entered in the automatic cinema operating account of the new owner are allocated to the amortisation of the balance of the advance granted to his predecessor.In the event of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Performance of the credit agreement

Article R341-23

…ing to informing the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate set out in Article L. 313-46 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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