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Showing 11711180 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 114

…ll also specify how the administrative expenses are to be settled, as well as any remuneration that may be allocated to the person responsible for representing the presumed absent person and administe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Other proceedings falling within the jurisdiction of the family affairs judge

Article 1140

The proceedings are oral.At any time during the proceedings, the parties may expressly give their agreement for the proceedings to proceed without a hearing in accordance with the provisions of articl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1133

In the case provided for in the preceding article, the judge may not hear the spouses and simply examine the agreement with their lawyer. If there are no difficulties, he shall homologate the agreemen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies A

…domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who invest in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to the clinical selection of deceased donors

Article R1241-19-3

…n collected during the clinical selection of donors in application of II, III and V of article R. 1211-13 is recorded in a document, the purpose of which is to detect any antecedents or clinical crite…

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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 1122

…ities having this reconstitution as their object, are, subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, exempt from registration duties and, dispensed, where applicable, from the formality unless, as f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19-2

…ce with the second paragraph of article 446-1 of the Code of Civil Procedure , the Judgement Bureau may exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the Judgement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-115

…cipal cooperation or the mixed syndicate set, under the conditions provided for in articles R. 2333-114 and R. 2333-114-1, each insofar as it is concerned, the amount of the fees due for the occupatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-110

In the event that the revenue from fees calculated for the benefit of communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates pursuant to articles R. 2333-105 to R. 2333-108…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-117

…r year.The financial terms of the calculation of the ceiling of the fees defined in article R. 2333-114 change on 1st January of each year in proportion to the change in the engineering index, defined…

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