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Showing 131140 of 23953 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 14-11-2007 n° 06-17.412

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1469

If a party to the arbitral proceedings intends to rely on an authentic or private deed to which it was not a party or on a document held by a third party, it may, at the invitation of the arbitral tri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144

Pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended if it is shown, in the light of the precise and detailed elements resulting from the proceedings, that it constitutes the sole means of achieving on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1447

I. - The business property tax is due each year by natural or legal persons, unincorporated companies or trustees for their activity carried out under a trust agreement who habitually carry out a self…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1418

Before the judicial court in the matters referred to in article 817, the protection litigation judge and the commercial court, the court clerk summons the parties to the hearing by registered letter w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…r le financement des télécommunications mentioned in article 1 of the amended finance law for 1969 (n° 69-1160 of 24 December 1969) and of companies which redistribute dividends from a société immobil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 5132-15, the labelling of the immediate packaging and, if available, the outer packaging of the preparations mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article L. 5121-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-3

Ampoules or other small primary packaging on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5121-146-2 may bear only the information provided for in a, c, d and h of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1407

I. - Council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling is due:1° For all furnished premises allocated to residential use other than those allocated to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-14

When the special contribution is payable by the persons mentioned in Article L. 8254-1, it is determined and collected in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 8253-1, R. 8253-7, R. 8253-8, R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1498

I. - The rental value of each built property or fraction of a built property, other than premises mentioned in I of article 1496, industrial establishments mentioned in article 1499 and premises whose…

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