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Showing 111120 of 49710 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23-2-1999 n° 422

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2396

Judgments made pursuant to the preceding article shall be rendered in the forms regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure. The legal mortgage of spouses is subject, for the renewal of registrations, to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374

Ownership of a sum of money, either in euros or in another currency, may be assigned as security for one or more present or future claims.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

Other than those provided for by special laws, preferential claims on the generality of immovable property are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor to whom the lien is o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231

…55% in the departments of French Guiana and Mayotte.6. The dispositions de l'article 1er de la loi n° 68-1043 du 29 novembre 1968, qui, sous réserve du 1, ont supprimé la taxe sur les salaires pour l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Taxation of partnerships, joint ventures, public interest groups, limited liability companies, limited liability farms and professional non-trading companies. Option for capital companies

Article 239

1. The companies and groupings mentioned in 3 of article 206 may opt, under conditions which are set by ministerial order, for the system applicable to capital companies. In this case, the income tax…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2386

Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

Other than those provided for by special laws, privileged claims on the generality of movables are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor against whom the lien is asserted…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee

Article 2318

In the event of the dissolution of the debtor or creditor legal entity as a result of a merger, demerger or the cause provided for in the third paragraph of Article 1844-5, the guarantor remains liabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2364

Sums paid in respect of the pledged claim are deducted from the secured claim when it is due.If this is not the case, the pledged creditor retains them as security in a specially allocated account ope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of the guarantee between the guarantors

Article 2312

If there is more than one guarantor, the one who paid has a personal claim and a subrogatory claim against the others, each for its share.

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