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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue

Article L4425-28

…and insularity, and to make up for its deficit in public facilities and services, an exceptional nineteen-year investment programme shall be implemented.II. - The procedures for implementing the excep…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution of the mortgage.

Article 241

Ships and other seagoing vessels, including maritime drones as defined in article L. 5000-2-2 of the French Transport Code, which have been registered are subject to mortgages, unless they have been r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-28

…ure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt on appeal pursuant to the last paragraph of Article 495-15, it shall inform the President of the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Court of Appeal before…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2490

For the application of this code in Mayotte, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° (Repealed);2° "Court" or "court of appeal" by: "chambre d'appel de Mamoudzou";3° "Juge d'instance" by: "p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2448

…shed. It is closed each day.As an exception to the preceding paragraph, a written computer document may take the place of a register; in this case, it must be identified, numbered and dated as soon as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2444

…gistrations, whenever this failure to publish does not result from a refusal or rejection decision; 2° The omission, in the certificates issued by the services responsible for land registration, of on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2447

…eproduction will be deposited will be designated by order of the Minister of Justice.A decree will determine the procedures for applying this article and, in particular, the technical procedures that…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2443

The services responsible for land registration are required to issue, to all those who so request, copies or extracts of documents, other than registration slips, which are deposited there within the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2449

…tration whose register is kept in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 2448, a certificate is issued of the formalities accepted for filing and pending registration in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2445

…interested party as a result of the publication of his title. Without prejudice to any recourse it may have against the State, the creditor benefiting from the omitted registration does not lose the…

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