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Showing 311320 of 43840 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-3-2021 n° 19-21.463 FS-P

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Necessary deposit.

Article 1950

Witness evidence may be received for the necessary deposit, even when it is for a value greater than the figure provided for in Article 1359.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Voluntary deposit.

Article 1921

Voluntary deposits are formed by the mutual consent of the person making the deposit and the person receiving it.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Vigilance of the health products mentioned in 18° and 19° of Article L. 5311-1

Article R5232-17

Vigilance includes: 1° For user healthcare professionals mentioned in Article L. 5232-4, the reporting to the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé of any incident consisting of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 vicies A

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a reduction in income tax on the interest received in respect of the deferred payment they grant to far…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-19

The State contributes to the operating expenses of the Paris fire brigade, including maintenance, repairs and barracks rent. Within the double limit of the allocations entered in the State budget and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1770

If the lease is for only one year, and the loss is all the fruit, or at least half, the lessee shall be discharged from a proportionate part of the rental price. He shall not be entitled to any rebate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1774

A lease, without writing, of rural land, is deemed to be made for the time necessary for the lessee to collect all the fruits of the leased inheritance. Thus the farm lease of a meadow, a vineyard, an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1775

The lease of rural hereditaments although made without writing, shall cease at the expiry of the term fixed by the preceding article, only by the effect of a notice given in writing by one of the part…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1778

The outgoing farmer must also leave the year's straw and fertiliser, if he received them when he took possession; and even if he did not receive them, the owner may retain them according to the valuat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1773

This stipulation applies only to ordinary fortuitous events, such as hail, fire from the sky, frost or blight. It does not apply to extraordinary fortuitous events, such as the ravages of war, or a fl…

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