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Showing 7180 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
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1963

Judicial sequestration is given either to a person agreed between the interested parties or to a person appointed ex officio by the judge. In either case, the person to whom the thing has been entrust…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1939

In the event of the death of the person who made the deposit, the thing deposited may be returned only to his heir.If there are several heirs, it must be returned to each of them for their share and p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1961

…stration tax when it takes the place of these duties and the contribution provided for in article 879, are not subject to restitution once they have been duly collected on deeds or contracts subsequen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 196

…dismiss the case, documents which appear to him to contain new charges under the terms of article 189. In such a case and pending a meeting of the Investigating Chamber, the President of that court ma…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-19

Electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 du code des postes et des communications électroniques, exploitant un ou plusieurs numéros à valeur ajoutée, sont informé…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1994

…n, and the person he has chosen was notoriously incapable or insolvent. In all cases, the principal may act directly against the person whom the agent has substituted.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 197

If, however, in the case of articles 194 and 195, there are children from two individuals who have lived publicly as husband and wife, and who are both deceased, the legitimacy of the children cannot…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1962

The establishment of a judicial custodian produces reciprocal obligations between the seizing party and the custodian. The custodian must take reasonable care to preserve the effects seized. He must r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-9

In order to receive the direct allocation, the distribution company must complete and submit, by 30 June 2021 at the latest, by electronic means, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-19

…members of the organisation concerned. The order referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 329-18 repeals the extension order issued by the Minister for Culture pursuant to Article L. 324-8-1.

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