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Showing 15011510 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 37

…an twelve months, the tax is nevertheless assessed on the basis of the results of that financial year. If no balance sheet is drawn up in the course of any year, the tax due in respect of the same yea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 37

Where jurisdiction depends on the amount of the claim, the court hears all interventions and counterclaims and claims for compensation that are lower than the rate of its jurisdiction even though, tak…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 371

Under no circumstances are proceedings interrupted if the event occurs or is notified after the opening of the proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 375

If the party summoned to resume proceedings fails to appear, the procedure shall be as set out in Articles 471 et seq.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 37

Witnesses produced for civil status records must be at least eighteen years of age, relatives or others, regardless of sex; they will be chosen by the persons concerned.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 376

No renunciation or assignment relating to parental authority shall have any effect except by virtue of a judgment in the cases determined below.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 373

A father or mother who is unable to express his or her will due to incapacity, absence or any other cause is deprived of the exercise of parental authority.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 378

Parental authority or the exercise of parental authority may be totally withdrawn by an express decision of the criminal judgment from fathers and mothers who are convicted, either as perpetrators, co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Judgment and minutes

Article 377

…president and the court clerk. All such judgments must mention the presence of the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the civil action

Article 372

The civil party, in the case of acquittal as in the case of exemption from punishment, may claim compensation for the damage resulting from the fault of the accused, as it results from the facts which…

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