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Showing 11311140 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Non-profit associations and public interest foundations authorised to make certain loans

Article R774-9

…518-60law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 518-61law no. 2022-124 of 4 February 2022R. 518-62law no. 2012-471 of 11 April 2012

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1105

The costs of the proceedings shall be shared equally between the spouses. However, their agreement may provide otherwise subject to the application of provisions of article 123 of decree no. 2020-1717…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1181

…minor's guardian or the person or service to whom the child has been entrusted resides, as the case may be; failing this, by the judge of the place where the minor resides. If the person mentioned in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1145

Any natural person may contract except in the case of incapacity provided for by law.The capacity of legal persons is limited by the rules applicable to each of them.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1125

…ure is exempt from all duties and taxes, as well as from the contribution provided for in article 879.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Departmental Director and Deputy Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article R1424-19-1

…ficer of the health subdirectorate and the heads of fire and rescue groups, services and centres.He may delegate some of his powers to his deputy, the chief medical officer and the heads of fire and r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1117

The offer lapses on expiry of the period set by the offeror or, failing that, on expiry of a reasonable period.It also lapses in the event of the incapacity or death of the offeror, or the death of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-19

When the decision grants the authorisation requested, the Prefect will have an extract of this decision published, at the beneficiary's expense, in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-3

…erable until the end of the vesting period. In the event of the death of the beneficiary, his heirs may request the allocation of the shares within six months of the death. These shares are freely tra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1114

The offer, which may be made to a specific or unspecified person, includes the essential elements of the proposed contract and expresses the offeror's intention to be bound in the event of acceptance.…

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