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Showing 15211530 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1146

…drawn up in a foreign language, the agreement and its annexes shall be accompanied by a translation carried out by an authorised translator within the meaning of article 7 du décret n° 2007-1205 du 10…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-23

…electronic voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and in complianc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Postponement of the expiry date of certain sums held in the automatic account

Article 916-23

…cuits opened in respect of cinematographic entertainment establishments which were due to expire on 31 December 2020, the period mentioned in 3° of article 123-8 is extended by one year.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Part Two: Community of Conventions.

Article 1497

…ir marriage contract, modify the legal community by any kind of agreement not contrary to articles 1387, 1388 and 1389. They may, in particular, agree: 1° That the community will include movables and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable premises

Article 1407

I. - Council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling is due:1° For all furnished premises allocated to residential use other than those allocated to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-3

…ration meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph, to withdraw from a mixed syndicate in order to join a community of communes or, where the statutes of the syndicate allow, to with…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Actions for annulment

Article 1492

…ed itself competent or incompetent; or 2° The arbitral tribunal has been improperly constituted; or 3° The arbitral tribunal has ruled without complying with the mission entrusted to it; or 4° The pri…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

…ity, unless the acquisition was made in execution of some clause of the marriage contract, in which case it would be settled according to the agreement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1469

…udged according to the accelerated procedure on the merits. The President, if he considers the application to be well-founded, shall order the delivery or production of the deed or document, in origin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-14

…lic establishment for inter-municipal cooperation are defined by the decree mentioned in article R. 2311-1. The provisions of article R. 2311-1 relating to functional presentation and presentation by…

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