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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; manager approval or authorisation

Article L425-1

…acility is a multilateral system that brings together, at the manager's discretion, multiple buying and selling interests expressed by third parties in order to conclude transactions in :1° Financial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-104

…les of association in force on the day of filing must be filed, translated if necessary into French and certified as true by the company's legal representative or by the person with the power to bind…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the ruling on the application to extend detention

Article L743-12

…ities prescribed by law on pain of nullity or failure to observe essential formalities, the liberty and custody judge to whom an application on this ground is made or who notes such an irregularity of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the ruling on the application to extend detention

Article L743-11

…sibility, pronounced ex officio, no irregularity prior to a hearing at the end of which the liberty and custody judge extended the measure may be raised at a subsequent hearing.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the ruling on the application to extend detention

Article L743-10

The fact that the foreign national has applied for assisted return under article L. 711-2 while in detention is not in itself likely to justify refusal to extend the period of detention.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757-1

If, in the absence of children or descendants, the deceased leaves his father and mother, the surviving spouse receives half of the property. The other half devolves one quarter to the father and one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 758-1

Where the spouse has the choice of ownership or usufruct, his or her rights are non-transferable until he or she has exercised his or her option.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-159

…ice is inserted in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The notice contains: 1° For natural persons: a) The registration references; b) The name, surname, pseudonym and forename…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-158

…gal entities, an order of the Minister of Justice, the Minister responsible for industrial property and the Minister responsible for the supervision of the legal entity adapts the information provided…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-155

Any registration gives rise to the insertion of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.However, the insertion of a notice is not required in the case of the registratio…

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