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Showing 15911600 of 57536 articles for Art. L 141-17 · Cass. com. 19 May 1998 · Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 784 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011 n° 10-18.074 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014 n° 13-24.984

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522

I. - The tax is established on the basis of the net income serving as the basis for the property tax, defined by Article 1388.The tax base for dwellings occupied by civil servants and civilian or mili…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1513

The right of withdrawal lapses if the beneficiary spouse has not exercised it by notifying the other spouse or his or her heirs within one month of the day on which the latter gave him or her formal n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to awards made in France and abroad

Article 1526

An action to set aside the award and an appeal against the order granting the exequatur shall not have suspensory effect. However, the First President ruling in summary proceedings or, as soon as the…

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

Article 1580

…r her poor administration or misconduct, give reason to fear that the continuation of the matrimonial property regime will jeopardise the interests of the other spouse, the latter may request the earl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made abroad or in international arbitration matters

Article 1516

The arbitral award may only be enforced by virtue of an exequatur order issued by the judicial court within whose jurisdiction it was made or by the Paris judicial court where it was made abroad.The p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax on the sale of land that has become building land

Article 1529

I. - Municipalities may, by deliberation of the municipal council, institute a flat-rate tax on the transfer for valuable consideration of bare land that has been made constructible due to its classif…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 155

…is carried out under the supervision of the judge who ordered it when he does not carry it out himself. When the measure is ordered by a panel, the supervision is exercised by the judge who was in cha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1504

I. - 1. For the determination of the rental values of the properties and fractions of properties mentioned in I of article 1498, the departmental commission on rental values provided for in article 16…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 158

1. The net incomes of the various categories entering into the composition of the global net income are assessed according to the rules set out in articles 12 and 13 and under the conditions set out i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-15

The minimum value of lots is set at 15 euros for sales of goods of any kind, ordered or authorised in the cases provided for by articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. This minimum may be lowered by the cou…

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