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Showing 42114220 of 50777 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 13-2-1985 n° 82-14.220

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2448

The register kept pursuant to the preceding article shall be numbered and initialled on each page, by first and last, by the judicial court judge within whose jurisdiction the office is established. I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-2

For the purposes referred to in Article L. 6131-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask public health establishments:1° To enter into a cooperation agreement ;2° To set up a heal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 2531

Only the following may be mortgaged: 1° Immovable property which is in the trade and its accessories deemed to be immovable; 2° Usufruct of the same property and accessories, for the duration of its t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2503

Articles 711 to 832-2, 832-4 to 2279 are applicable to Mayotte subject to the adaptations set out in Articles 2504 à 2508. The provisions relating to immovable property apply only subject to the provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

Except where the provisions of this Title relating to the European arrest warrant apply, where a request for provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Conve…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 227

If the judge assigned within the court does not belong to the trial panel, the decision ordering the enquiry may simply state the time limit within which it must be carried out. In the event of anothe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2360

Where the pledge relates to an account, the pledged claim means the credit balance, whether provisional or definitive, on the day the security is realised subject to the regularisation of transactions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-27

In application of article L. 611-6, the debtor may request that the conciliator be challenged if the conciliator is in one of the following situations:

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 294

1. Value added tax is temporarily not applicable in the departments of French Guiana and Mayotte. 2. For the application of value added tax, the following is considered to be the export of a good: 1°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2522

Sont inscrits sur le livre foncier, à peine d'inadmissabilité, lorsqu'elles portent sur les droits mentionnés aux 1° et 2° de l'article 2521, legal proceedings for the resolution, revocation, annulmen…

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