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Showing 10111020 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1513

…of the day on which the latter gave him or her formal notice to take a decision. This formal notice may not itself take place before the expiry of the period provided for in the title: "Estates" for m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to awards made in France and abroad

Article 1526

…summary proceedings or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may halt or adjust the enforcement of the award if such enforcement is likely to seriously prejudice…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1580

…on of the matrimonial property regime will jeopardise the interests of the other spouse, the latter may request the early liquidation of his or her participation claim. The rules of separation as to p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made abroad or in international arbitration matters

Article 1516

The arbitral award may only be enforced by virtue of an exequatur order issued by the judicial court within whose jurisdiction it was made or by the Paris judicial court where it was made abroad.The p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 155

The investigative measure is carried out under the supervision of the judge who ordered it when he does not carry it out himself. When the measure is ordered by a panel, the supervision is exercised b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1535

…r Member State of the European Union under the conditions provided for in Article 6 of Directive 2008/52/EC of 21 May 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediation…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1568

…y procedure takes the form of a deed countersigned by the lawyers of each of the parties, this deed may, at the request of a party, be given the formule exécutoire. The application shall be made in wr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-5

…ts effect ceases if the registration has not been renewed before the expiry of this period. In this case, the platform manager automatically deletes the registration.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1525

…the deliberations of the municipal councils relating to the tax for the removal of household waste may provide that the total revenue from this tax will be distributed among the owners of taxable bui…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-15

…soon as their duties cease, to the commissaire à l'exécution du plan, or to the liquidator, as the case may be, who completes it. The commissioner for the implementation of the plan or the liquidator…

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