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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1813

…someone else's farmer, it must be notified to the owner from whom that farmer derives; otherwise he may seize it and have it sold for what his farmer owes him.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liability for offences

Article 1808

The hirer of an itinerant still distilling on behalf of a producer may be exonerated if he establishes that the failure to complete the formalities mentioned in 5° of article L. 311-39 of the code of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1837

…red office is located on French territory is subject to the provisions of French law. Third parties may rely on the registered office, but this is not enforceable against them by the company if the ac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1864

The provisions of the two preceding articles may be waived only to modify the six-month period provided for in Article 1863 (1st paragraph), and without the period provided for by the Articles of Asso…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 184

…ted in contravention of the provisions contained in articles 144, 146, 146-1, 147, 161, 162 and 163 may be challenged, within thirty years of its celebration, either by the spouses themselves, or by a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Management.

Article 1848

In relations between partners, the manager may perform all acts of management required by the interests of the company. If there are several managers, they exercise these powers separately, except for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Livestock given to the tenant farmer.

Article 1828

It may be stipulated that the tenant farmer shall relinquish to the lessor his share of the fleece at a price lower than the ordinary value;That the lessor shall have a larger share of the profit;That…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Composition of goods on deposit.

Article 182

…oods which remain in customs for any other reason. 2. Where the goods have no market value, Customs may have them destroyed.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825

The closure of any establishment in which one of the offences mentioned in Article 1817 has been observed may be ordered, for a period not exceeding six months, by prefectoral order issued on the prop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1835

…ffice, share capital, duration and operating procedures of the company. The Articles of Association may specify a raison d'être, consisting of the principles which the company adopts and for the respe…

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