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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-1

…Title…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-26

…n, shares in the company may be freely transferred between members, in accordance witharticle 20 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966. II - In the event that a member decides to transfer shares to a…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

…hat would have been established for that same year without application of A of XVI of Article 34 of Law no. 2010-1658 of 29 December 2010 on amending finance for 2010, in the version in force on 31 De…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17

…n whole or in part, to the latter, some of their competencies whose transfer is not provided for by law or by the founding decision, as well as the property, equipment or public services necessary for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-2

…exercise of his activity. Legal entities must also have completed the formalities prescribed by the laws and regulations in force concerning them.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-2

Persons entitled to the title of patent attorney on the date of entry into force of the Law No. 90-1052 of 26 November 1990 relating to industrial property are automatically entered on the list provid…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 515

Where the law provides that provisional enforcement is optional, it may be ordered, of its own motion or at the request of a party, whenever the judge considers it necessary and compatible with the na…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 484

…isional decision given at the request of one party, the other present or called, in cases where the law confers on a judge who is not seised of the main proceedings the power to immediately order the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-6

…ons resulting from acts of the French public authority taken in application of the Constitution and laws, as well as from international treaties previously entered into..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 74

…ablished by at least one month's continuous dwelling on the date of the publication provided for by law.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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