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Showing 941950 of 21721 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Feb. 2022 – no. 20-11.754

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-20

Where the holder of the authorisation is not a health care establishment, it shall set up a user relations and quality of care committee composed of : 1° The authorisation holder, or his representativ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-20

The following persons sit on the committee in an advisory capacity: 1° The director of the agency or his representative; he may be assisted by one or more members of staff of his choice; 2° The repres…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1637

If, in the case of the eviction of part of the business sold, the sale is not terminated, the value of the part of the business from which the purchaser is evicted shall be reimbursed to him according…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 161

…aragraph of article 150 A bis in force before the date of promulgation of the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003) or in II of article 150 UB, the bonus is calculated on the basis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Formalities relating to the celebration of marriage

Article 165

…d, in the event of exemption from publication, on the date of the exemption provided for in Article 169 ci-après.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1681

In the event that the action for rescission is admitted, the purchaser has the choice either to return the thing by withdrawing the price he has paid for it, or to keep the land by paying the suppleme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1686

Owners and, in their place, the main tenants, must, one month before the date on which their tenants move out, have the tenants represent them with the receipts for their council tax on second homes a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1648

…t by the purchaser within two years of discovery of the defect. In the case provided for by Article 1642-1, the action must be brought, on pain of foreclosure, within one year of the date on which the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1672

If the purchaser has left several heirs, the action for redemption may be brought against each of them only for his share, in the case where it is still undivided, and in the case where the thing sold…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1663

…ber of the three years following the first payment.The duties and penalties referred to in articles 1679 bis, 1729 B and 1731.4. In the event of the application of a surcharge provided for in article…

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