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Showing 361370 of 57820 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103 · Hague Convention of 14 March 1978

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1416

The community which has discharged a debt for which it could be sued by virtue of the preceding articles is nevertheless entitled to a reward, whenever this commitment had been contracted in the perso…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1414

The earnings and wages of a spouse may only be seized by his or her spouse's creditors if the obligation was incurred for the maintenance of the household or the education of the children, in accordan…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1417

The community is entitled to a reward, after deduction, where applicable, of the profit it has derived, when it has paid fines incurred by a spouse as a result of criminal offences, or reparation and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1483

Each of the spouses may only be sued for half of the debts that had entered the community on the part of his or her spouse. After the partition and except in the case of concealment, he or she is only…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1486

A spouse who may avail himself of the benefit of article 1483, second paragraph, does not contribute more than his emolument to the debts which entered the community under the head of the other spouse…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1408

The acquisition made, by way of auction or otherwise, of a portion of property of which one of the spouses was the undivided owner, does not form an acquest, except for the recompense due to the commu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1484

…tory provided for in the preceding article must be carried out in the manner prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure, in the presence of both spouses or of the other spouse duly summoned. It must be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1491

In the event of dissolution of the community, the heirs of the spouses exercise the same rights as the spouse they represent and are subject to the same obligations.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478

…blishment is not liable for the business property tax for the months remaining, except in the event of the sale of the activity carried out in the establishment or in the event of a transfer of activi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19°: Urban development zones

Article 148

…this obligation is imposed on the aforementioned companies, either by local laws or by the clauses of their reinsurance treaties which require them to participate, to the extent of the risks taken in…

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