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Showing 121130 of 25348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Feb. 2015 – no. 13-25.667

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382

…the first paragraph of this a during the three years preceding that of the taxation does not exceed 10% of the average revenue derived from the total activity carried out in this building during the s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Affixing seals.

Article 1315

The sealing report is signed and dated by the bailiff. It includes: 1° A reminder of the decision by virtue of which the bailiff is operating; 2° A summary account of the statements made by the person…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions.

Article 1373

In the event of disagreement between the co-sharers on the draft liquidation statement drawn up by the notary, the notary shall forward to the assigned judge a report setting out the respective statem…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 1300

The information provided for in the second paragraph of article 1397 of the Civil Code is notified to the persons who had been parties to the marriage contract, to the adult children of each spouse or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1396

Any changes made to matrimonial agreements before the marriage is celebrated must be recorded by a deed drawn up in the same form. No change or counter-letter is, moreover, valid without the simultane…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The inventory.

Article 1328

The inventory may be requested by those who may request the affixing of seals and, where applicable, by the curator of the vacant estate.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 1359

In the event of multiple summonses, the applicant for partition is the one who first had his summons registered at the registry of the judicial court.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The conciliation procedure

Article 130

The content of the agreement, even if partial, is recorded in minutes signed by the parties and the judge or in a report signed by the parties and the mediator, as appropriate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-10

…1° The procedures for presenting and the content of the declaration provided for in article L. 513-10-2 ; 2° The information that must be included on the container and packaging of a tattoo product p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Evidence by judicial presumption

Article 1382

Presumptions which are not established by law, are left to the discretion of the judge, who must admit them only if they are serious, precise and concordant, and only in cases where the law admits pro…

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