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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Procedure

Article R151-3

…R. 121-6 to R. 121-10 and of the fact that a decision may be rendered in their absence. The bailiff is heard…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-30

Until the borrower signs the offer referred to in article L. 313-24, the lender may not refuse another insurance contract as collateral, provided that this contract offers a level of cover equivalent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-33

…ribution of electricity, and subject to the authorisation provided for in Article 7 of Law no. 2000-108 du 10 février 2000 précitée, les autorités concédantes de la distribution d'électricité visées a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

…ted pursuant to the same Article 215 for other purposes by the persons mentioned in 8°, 9°, 9° bis, 10°, 11°, 11° bis, 14°, 15° and 16° of Article L. 561-2 may give rise to the penalties provided for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-17

The designation of the inventor may be rectified only on request accompanied by the consent of the person wrongly designated, and, if the request is not made by the applicant or the proprietor of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-11

…of royalties granted to the applicant or requested by him; 2° Earlier registrations whose elements may have been taken over; 3° Priorities claimed; 4° The presentation of the invention at an official…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…in the area of competence of a community development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all residential…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Guarantee fund for agricultural disasters in the overseas departments

Article 1635 bis AA

…ual tax on insurance agreements provided for in Article 991. The rate is set by the Finance Act and may not exceed 10%..

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Investment income

Article A343-3-2

…securities subject to the capitalisation reserve do not exceed 750,000 euros at the inventory date may not apply the provisions of articles A. 343-3 and A. 343-3-1 (paragraphs 2, 4 and 5). In such ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-24

…5424-20 finance, for the portion defined by the agreement mentioned in article L. 5422-20 and which may not be less than 10% of the amount of the aforementioned resources, a global contribution paid t…

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