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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-24

The compulsory retirement savings plan is set up for the benefit of all employees of the company or for one or more categories of employees, provided that these categories are constituted on the basis…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to the formation of a company dedicated to carrying out the project

Article L2213-7

…any dedicated to the project. In particular, it sets out the procedures for informing the purchaser and, where applicable, the procedures for sharing the capital gain on the sale of the shares.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to the formation of a company dedicated to carrying out the project

Article L2213-6

…s of association of this project company specify the distribution of risks between the shareholders and the measures taken to prevent conflicts of interest.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Entries in civil status registers

Article 28

Mention will be made, in the margin of the birth certificate, of administrative acts and declarations resulting in the acquisition, loss or reinstatement of French nationality. Mention will likewise b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Consequences of divorce for children

Article 286

The consequences of divorce for children are governed by the provisions of Chapter I of Title IX of this book.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2276

…stolen may claim it for three years from the day of the loss or theft, against the person in whose hands he finds it; save to the latter his recourse against the person from whom he has it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2242

The interruption resulting from the court application produces its effects until the proceedings are extinguished.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2277

…t cost him. A lessor who claims, by virtue of article 2332, the furniture moved without his consent and which was purchased under the same conditions must also reimburse the buyer for the price they c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2240

Acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the person against whom he was prescribing interrupts the prescription period.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2243

The interruption is null and void if the claimant withdraws his claim or allows the proceedings to lapse, or if his claim is definitively rejected.

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