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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-8 AND A. 713-11)

Article Annexe 7-2

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pd…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-17 AND A. 723-23)

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° Special schemes

Article 743 bis

For properties leased for a period of more than twelve years under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the basis of assessment for the land registr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Defences on the merits.

Article 72

Defences on the merits may be offered in any event.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The facts.

Article 7

The judge may not base his decision on facts that are not in the debate. Among the elements of the debate, the judge may take into consideration even facts that the parties would not have specifically…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 75

If it is contended that the court seised at first instance or on appeal lacks jurisdiction, the party raising this objection must, on pain of inadmissibility, state the reasons on which it is based an…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 78

The judge may, in the same judgment, but by separate provisions, declare himself competent and rule on the merits of the dispute, after having, where appropriate, first given the parties notice to con…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Procedural exceptions.

Article 74

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 70

Counterclaims or additional claims are admissible only if they are connected to the original claims by a sufficient link. However, a claim for compensation is admissible even in the absence of such a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Defences on the merits.

Article 71

A defence on the merits is any plea tending to have the opponent's claim rejected as unjustified, after examination of the merits of the law.

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