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Showing 48614870 of 65061 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 March 1953 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 May 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 21 July 1999 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. com. 2 June 1958 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 1971 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010

French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 ter

…d out under a trust agreement who carry out an activity under the conditions set out in articles 1447 et 1447 bis and whose turnover exceeds €152,500 are subject to the business value added contributi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1549

…t his mission conscientiously, diligently and impartially, respecting the adversarial principle. He may only be dismissed with the unanimous consent of the parties.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1515

It may be agreed in the marriage contract that the survivor of the spouses, or one of them if he or she survives, shall be entitled to take from the community, before any partition, either a certain s…

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

Article 1576

…counters serious difficulties in paying it in full as soon as the liquidation is closed, the judges may grant him or her periods not exceeding five years, on condition that he or she provides security…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Sale or provision of "snowball" services

Article L121-15

…ng of vouchers or tickets with third parties or on the collection of memberships or registrations ; 2° Offering to collect memberships or to register on a list by requiring the payment of any consider…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Arbitration proceedings and awards

Article 1509

The arbitration agreement may, directly or by reference to arbitration rules or rules of procedure, regulate the procedure to be followed in the arbitral proceedings. Where the arbitration agreement i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-92

…st include : 1° The name and registered office of the company and the address of the establishment; 2° The name and address of the occupational health and safety department to which it reports; 3° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.

Article R823-7-2

…ancial, accounting and management risks to which the company is exposed, referred to in Article L. 823-12-1, is signed by the statutory auditor, a natural person, or, when the mandate is entrusted to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-2

…e authorisation for compassionate access if the conditions laid down in I, II and V of Article L. 5121-12-1 or if the provisions of this section are not complied with, or for any other public health r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 993

…te the testator's name, the handing over of the originals or the copy of the will made, as the case may be, to the consulate, to the minister responsible for national defence or to the minister respon…

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