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Showing 24112420 of 68975 articles for Art. s. L 123-16 and L 123-16-1 · Art. D 230-1

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2300

If the guarantee given by a natural person to a professional creditor was, at the time it was entered into, manifestly disproportionate to the income and assets of the guarantor, it shall be reduced t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2301

The person who undertakes to provide a legal or judicial guarantee must be sufficiently solvent to meet the obligation. If this guarantor becomes insolvent, the debtor must substitute another guaranto…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies B

I. - Long-term capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies realised in the course of a commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity, are taxed after applicat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies A

I. - Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies, other than those mentioned in III, realised in the course of a commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Effects of the guarantee between the debtor and the guarantor

Article 2308

A guarantor who has paid all or part of the debt has personal recourse against the debtor both for the sums he has paid and for interest and costs. Interest accrues automatically from the date of paym…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Effects of the guarantee between the debtor and the guarantor

Article 2309

A guarantor who has paid all or part of the debt is subrogated to the rights that the creditor had against the debtor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 230

The provisions of this section shall apply to deputy criminal investigation officers, investigation assistants of the national police and the national gendarmerie, and to officials and agents entruste…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 15

The judicial court may also appoint a notary to affix and remove seals; it may instruct him to make an inventory.The interested heirs must be called to these operations if no delay results. Where thes…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 12

Civil registrars are required to notify the tribunal d'instance:- of the death of any person leaving one or more minor children;- of the death of a person leaving among their heirs, protected adults o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 18

Only the following decisions are open to immediate appeal: - rejecting a request to be relieved of the duties of guardian, subrogated guardian or curator; - relieving a guardian, subrogated guardian o…

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