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Showing 20412050 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078

Notwithstanding the rules applicable to inter vivos gifts, the property given will, unless otherwise agreed, be valued on the day of the shared gift for the purposes of imputation and calculation of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077

Property received by way of early partition by a presumptive reserved heir is deducted from his share of the reserve, unless it was expressly given out of share.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1076

A gift-sharing arrangement may only concern present assets. The gift and the sharing may be made by separate deeds provided that the disposing party intervenes in both deeds.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-9

…auction, the art market professional responsible for the payment of droit de suite is, as the case may be, the voluntary sales company or the judicial auctioneer. II. - In other cases, the art market…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-9

The registers referred to in article R. 228-8 shall contain details of securities transfer and conversion transactions, and in particular: 1° The date of the transaction; 2° The surname, first names a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 91

…ons referred to in the complaint, and without prejudice to proceedings for slanderous denunciation, may, if they do not take civil action, claim damages from the plaintiff in the forms indicated below…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4301-10

In application of article L. 4304-1 and under the conditions of article L. 4311-22, the practice of advanced practice by a nurse who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and funding of the occupational prevention account

Article R4163-10

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 4163-9, for insured persons born before 1 July 1956, the points registered are multiplied by two.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-10

The endorser is, unless otherwise agreed, guarantor of acceptance and payment. He may prohibit further endorsement. In this case, he is not obliged to guarantee against persons to whom the letter is s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-10

…he lump-sum allocations due to each of these communes are calculated, in accordance with article L. 2334-7, taking into account the new populations.

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