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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 483

…met, or when the execution of the mandate is likely to harm the interests of the mandator.The judge may also suspend the effects of the mandate for the duration of a legal safeguard measure.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 C bis

I. - The provisions of Articles 210 A and 210 B apply to transactions involving listed real estate investment companies, or their subsidiaries, and the companies mentioned in III bis of Article 208 C,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter C

…d conditions provided for in articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35 of the Monetary and Financial Code; it may not then be the subject of several partial assignments or pledges with one or more assignees or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction.

Article 48

Any clause which, directly or indirectly, derogates from the rules of territorial jurisdiction shall be deemed unwritten unless it has been agreed between persons who have all contracted as merchants…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 480

A judgment which determines in its operative part all or part of the principal issue, or a judgment which rules on a procedural objection, a plea in bar or any other incident, shall, as soon as it is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 487

The interim relief judge shall have the option of referring the case for interim relief to the panel of the court at a hearing the date of which he shall fix.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 486

The judge shall ensure that sufficient time has elapsed between the summons and the hearing for the party summoned to have been able to prepare its defence.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 484

An interim order is a provisional decision given at the request of one party, the other present or called, in cases where the law confers on a judge who is not seised of the main proceedings the power…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Preliminary rulings.

Article 483

A preliminary ruling does not relieve the judge of jurisdiction.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 488

An order for interim relief does not have the authority of res judicata in the main proceedings. It can only be modified or set aside in summary proceedings in the event of new circumstances.

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