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Showing 22512260 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Obligation to pay

Article 1706

Court clerks are personally liable for payment of duties only in the cases provided for by article 1840 C. They continue to enjoy the option granted by article 1840 D for the judgments and acts set ou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-16

The aid is granted for each cinema whose operators are eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compensation for loss of revenue

Article 917-17

The decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée specifies the amount of aid awarded and the terms of payment.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1789

…n subject for less than three years to one of the tax fines or an increase provided for in articles 1729, 1729 B and 1734 intentionally commits a new offence under one of these texts, he may be brough…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1748

A purchaser who wishes to make use of the option reserved by the lease to evict the tenant in the event of a sale is, in addition, required to give the tenant the advance notice customary in the place…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1629

In the same case of a stipulation of non-warranty, the seller, in the event of eviction, is liable to repay the price, unless the purchaser knew at the time of the sale of the danger of eviction or bo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1733

…rred by fortuitous event or force majeure, or by a construction defect. Or that the fire was communicated by a neighbouring house.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

Article L623-16

…sumers who have accepted compensation, of the decision given within the time limit set, Articles L. 623-19 and L. 623-20 are applicable and acceptance of compensation under the terms of the decision c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rules specific to leases.

Article 1760

…the price of the lease for the time required for re-letting, without prejudice to any damages that may have resulted from the abuse.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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