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Showing 110 of 3905 articles for Art. Min. éco. 19 Jul 2018 NOR: ECOC1822241S

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018

The trust contract determines, on pain of nullity: 1° The assets, rights or securities transferred. If they are future, they must be determinable; 2° The duration of the transfer, which may not exceed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018-2

An assignment of receivables made under a trust is enforceable against third parties on the date of the trust contract or the endorsement evidencing it. It only becomes enforceable against the debtor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018-1

Where the trust agreement provides that the settlor retains the use or enjoyment of a business or property for business use transferred to the trust assets, the agreement entered into for this purpose…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 septvicies

…that does not meet the decency requirements, as set out in article 6 of law no. 89-462 du 6 juillet 1989 tendant à améliorer les rapports locatifs et portant modification de la loi n° 86-1290 du 23 dé…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 novovicies

…sing that does not meet the decency requirements, as set out in the article 6 of law n° 89-462 of 6 July 1989 tending to improve rental relations and amending law n° 86-1290 of 23 December 1986, which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 tricies

I.-A.-Taxpayers domiciled in France, within the meaning of the article 4 B, is entitled to a reduction in income tax on the property it rents out, subject to the following conditions: 1° The property…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexvicies

…taxpayer may not, for the same dwelling, benefit from both the tax reductions mentioned in articles 199 undecies Aand 199 undecies B and the provisions of this article.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Interest-bearing loans.

Article 1906

A borrower who has paid interest that was not stipulated may neither repeat it nor set it off against the capital.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 unvicies

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the principal.

Article 1999

The principal must reimburse the agent for the advances and expenses made by the latter for the execution of the mandate, and pay the agent his salaries when they have been promised. If there is no fa…

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