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Showing 141150 of 25965 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24-10-2019 n° 18-20.838

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution of the mortgage.

Article 241

Ships and other seagoing vessels, including maritime drones as defined in article L. 5000-2-2 of the French Transport Code, which have been registered are subject to mortgages, unless they have been r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 242

1. General partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures and co-ownership companies of ships which have not opted for the tax regime for capital companies shall be required to provide the adminis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Companies involved in maritime or air navigation or operating communication satellites

Article 247

Profits, determined in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 57, from the operation of communication satellites located at geostationary orbital positions which are not owned by such und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Presentation and content of tax returns

Article 248

The Government may fix by decree, insofar as they have not been fixed by the legislation in force, the information that tax returns must contain with a view to the application of existing taxes and du…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Companies involved in maritime or air navigation or operating communication satellites

Article 246

Profits made by maritime or air navigation companies established abroad from the operation of foreign ships or aircraft are exempt from tax provided that a reciprocal and equivalent exemption is grant…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2440

When the legal mortgage has been registered pursuant to article 2394, and unless there is an express clause in the marriage contract prohibiting it, the spouse who is the beneficiary of the registrati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2432

When a provisional registration of a judicial mortgage has been made, the provisions of articles 2429 to 2431 apply to the definitive registration and its renewal. The starting date for the time limit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2438

Removal must be ordered by the courts, where the registration has been made without being founded either on the law or on a title, or where it has been made by virtue of a title that is either irregul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2455

A third-party purchaser who is not personally liable for the debt may oppose the sale of the property if other properties mortgaged to the same debt are still in the possession of the principal debtor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2464

Failing the agreement provided for in the preceding article, the third party purchaser may, once the sale has been published, purge the property of the right of pursuit attached to the mortgage. He mu…

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