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Showing 681690 of 31518 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 10-6-1971 n° 70-12.678

French General Tax CodeIn force
7th: Marine

Article 1075

The provisions of article 1083 are applicable to the caisse générale de prévoyance des marins et de leurs familles en cas de accident, de maladie, d'invalidité et de maternité (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of Article 257, real estate acquisitions made out of court and for valuable consideration by communes or syndicates of communes, public land establishments created…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094

The spouse, either by marriage contract or during the marriage, may, in the event that he leaves no children or descendants, dispose in favour of the other spouse in property, of all that he could dis…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1011

Except in the case of forfeiture provided for in Article 978, the case shall be distributed as soon as the claimant has submitted his statement of case and, at the latest, on expiry of the time limit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1078

The application shall mention, where applicable, the existence of a protection order concerning the spouses that is in force on the date it is submitted. The order, together with proof of its notifica…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 412-10

Direct allocations are paid during the first half of each year:1° To delegated production companies, 70% of the amount. Where there is more than one delegated production company, payment is made on th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1015

Where it is intended to raise one or more pleas of its own motion, to reject a plea by substituting a purely legal ground raised of its own motion for an erroneous one, or to declare a case quashed wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Savings banks

Article 1062

Subject to the provisions of 3° of l'article 679, printed matter, writings and deeds of any kind necessary for the service of the savings banks and the national savings bank are exempt from registrati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
General provisions

Article 1020

The provisions subject to land registration of the deeds referred to in articles 1025, 1030, 1031, 1053, 1054, 1055,1066, 1067 and 1088 as well as those relating to the transactions referred to in art…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8 : Revocation and lapse of wills.

Article 1044

There shall be an increase in favour of the legatees in the event that the legacy is made to several jointly. The legacy shall be deemed to be made jointly when it is made by one and the same disposit…

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