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Showing 161170 of 43491 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 Apr. 2012 – no. 11-13.527

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1177

The requirement to send several copies is deemed to have been met by electronic means if the written document can be printed by the recipient.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Marriages. Dissentiment of parents

Article 1129

Subject to the provisions of

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Joint ownership of estates in Corsica. Temporary regime

Article 1135

Provided they are drawn up between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, notarised powers of attorney and attestations after death are exempt from any collection for the benefit of the Treasury when th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules.

Article 113

…92 of the General Tax Code; c) Where applicable, the validity of the identifiers mentioned in 1° of 3 of article 293 A of the same code has not been verified.2. Goods brought into customs offices must…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…rocedural formalities having this reconstitution as their object, are, subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, exempt from registration duties and, dispensed, where applicable, from the formal…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Removal credit.

Article 114

…moved as and when they are checked and before the obligations laid down in a to c of 1 of Article 113 have been fulfilled, subject to a duly bonded tender.1 bis. Those liable for value added tax and s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

…reserves other than the legal reserve have previously been distributed.Subject to the provisions of 3°, the following shall not be considered as contributions for the application of this provision:a.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

…rgers of open-ended investment companies with a preponderance of real estate capital referred to in 3° nonies of Article 208, provided that the company receiving the contributions undertakes, in the m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1144

The time limit for an action for nullity shall run, in the case of error or fraud, only from the day on which they were discovered and, in the case of violence, only from the day on which it ceased.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Interim measures

Article 1119

In the event of an appeal, modifications to the provisional measures, if a new fact has arisen, may only be requested, depending on the case, from the first president of the court of appeal or the Con…

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