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Showing 681690 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1658

…way of rolls provided for in the first paragraph, the representative of the State in the department may delegate his powers to category A agents placed under the authority of departmental directors of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1639

…e other questions to which damages resulting for the purchaser from the non-performance of the sale may give rise must be decided in accordance with the general rules laid down in the title "Of contra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1636

…whole, that the purchaser would not have bought without the part from which he has been evicted, he may have the sale rescinded.

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

Article 162

The person who represents or assists a party before the court that has ordered the measure may follow its enforcement, wherever it takes place, make observations and submit all requests relating to th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1667

…an inheritance has become the successful bidder for the whole on an auction caused against him, he may oblige the seller to withdraw the whole when the latter wishes to make use of the pact..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 164

However, the President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, lift the prohibitions laid down: 1° By Article 161 to marriages between relatives in the direct line where the person who created the a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1670

But, in the case of the two preceding articles, the purchaser may require all the co-sellers or all the co-heirs to be put in issue, in order to conciliate among themselves for the resumption of the w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1699

The person against whom a disputed right has been assigned may be held harmless for it by the assignee, by reimbursing him for the actual price of the assignment together with expenses and fair costs,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1655

…if the seller is in danger of losing the thing and the price.If there is no such danger, the judge may grant the purchaser a longer or shorter period of time depending on the circumstances.Once this…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1638

…here is reason to presume that the purchaser would not have bought had he been informed of them, he may ask for the contract to be rescinded, if better he does not like to settle for compensation.

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