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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 846

Receipts or assignments of a sum equivalent to three years' unpaid rent or lease payments, with the exception of receipts or assignments relating to the deeds provided for in article 1048 ter.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 E

The deliberations are notified to the tax authorities under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A. Decisions take effect on 1st June. In the absence of a vote or in the event of non-compliance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-3

…Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant is made up of a chairman and active or honorary magistrates from the administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal. It may also include ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 878

…s not applicable in the Department are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2305

The benefit of discussion allows the guarantor to oblige the creditor to sue the principal debtor first. Neither a guarantor held jointly and severally with the debtor, nor a guarantor who has waived…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-7-1

…L. 6362-6 are made within the period set for the interested party to submit his observations.Failing this, the interested party shall pay to the Treasury, by decision of the administrative authority,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-64

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5, the persons mentioned in article R. 1112-57 are informed of the imminent departure of the minor. They shall inform the administration of the establishme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R121-2

…icle L. 121-4, spouses who work outside the company in an employed capacity for at least half the legal working time, or in a self-employed capacity, are presumed not to be working in the company on a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-4

In accordance with article L. 134-16, any clause or agreement contrary to the provisions of articles R. 134-1 and R. 134-2 or derogating, to the detriment of the commercial agent, from the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Counting of postal votes

Article R2122-87

The votes shall not be counted and shall be appended to the minutes of the voting operations: 1° Envelopes handed in by a person who does not work for the service provider responsible for postal deliv…

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