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Showing 161170 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…ted from deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Fren…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electricity or natural gas supply contracts

Article R242-15

…242-6 to R. 242-14 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Provisions common to industrial establishments and commercial premises

Article 1501

I. - Special valuation procedures may be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat for categories of premises, establishments or installations of an industrial or commercial nature, where there are pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

…cial professions, the salary of the spouse actually participating in the exercise of the profession may, at the taxpayer's request, be deducted from taxable profits, provided that this salary has give…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 150

…e of the father and mother is unknown and if they have not been heard from for a year, the marriage may be solemnised if the forefathers and foremothers and the child himself make a sworn declaration…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1578

…perty regime, if the parties do not agree to proceed with the liquidation by agreement, one of them may apply to the court for it to be proceeded with judicially. The rules prescribed for arriving at…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Permanent rules

Article 1511

I.-Where the assessment rates referred to in article 1510 have not been set by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, the mayor, duly authorised by the municipal council, is entitle…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1538

Both in relation to his or her spouse and to third parties, a spouse may prove by any means that he or she has exclusive ownership of property. Presumptions of ownership set out in the marriage contra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1570

…a descriptive statement or if it is incomplete, proof of the consistency of the original patrimony may only be produced by the means of Article 1402.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1540

…r his management as a mandatary. He is, however, only accountable for existing fruits; for those he may have neglected to collect or consumed fraudulently, he can only be sought within the limit of th…

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