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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1182

Confirmation is the act by which the person who could rely on nullity waives it. This act mentions the subject-matter of the obligation and the defect affecting the contract. Confirmation can only tak…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1132

…e heard by the judge, the application for conversion to divorce by mutual consent based on article 230 of the Civil Code shall contain, on pain of inadmissibility, the particulars required by article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A bis

…h the tax regime set out in I, where their turnover for the previous calendar year does not exceed €176,000 excluding tax in the case of businesses whose main business is selling goods, objects, suppl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money

Article L753-11

…able: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 315-1 to L. 315-5 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 315-6 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 315-7 and L. 315-8 Law no. 2013-100 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money

Article L752-11

…able: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 315-1 to L. 315-5 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 315-6 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 315-7 and L. 315-8 Law no. 2013-100 o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

…ic work is produced by at least one production company that meets the conditions set out in article 211-3; 2° "Authors" sub-group: a) A maximum of 26 points is allocated to the "Authors" sub-group, di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-5

…of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 relating to the required level of own funds or to the measures to be taken in the prese…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

…ies in favour of the purchaser in a shared electronic registration system referred to in article L. 211-3.II. - If the securities are admitted to trading by a central depository or delivered to a fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-17

The application for employability assistance, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Employment, includes : 1° Information relating to the identity of the beneficiary and their employ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 114

Without prejudice to the special jurisdiction attributed to other courts, for the same purposes, the judge shall determine, where appropriate, according to the size of the assets, the sums that should…

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