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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Translative effect

Article 1196

In contracts the object of which is the alienation of ownership or the assignment of another right, the transfer takes place when the contract is concluded. This transfer may be deferred by the will o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Translative effect

Article 1197

The obligation to deliver the thing entails an obligation to preserve it until delivery, taking all the care of a reasonable person.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586

I. - The départements shall collect:1° (Repealed);2° La redevance des mines, prévues à article 1587 ;3° La part de la fraction de la composante de l'imposition forfaitaire sur les entreprises de résea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1650

1. In each commune, a communal direct tax commission is set up with seven members, namely: the mayor or the deputy mayor, chairman, and six commissioners.In communes with more than 2,000 inhabitants,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L8323-1-1

For the application of article L. 8221-3 to Mayotte, the words: "pursuant to article L. 133-6-7-1 of the Social Security Code" are deleted.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-127

The amount of aid is set at €500,000 per project, subject to the provisions of articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-15

When the claimant requests the award of an advance, the chairman of the commission immediately communicates the request to the public prosecutor and the guarantee fund and obtains their observations.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

The communes, départements and regions must devote 1% of the amount of the investment to the insertion of works of art in all buildings that were subject, on 23 July 1983, the date of publication of l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-177

I.-Any investment company with fixed capital, known as a SICAF, whose shares are admitted to trading on a French or foreign financial instruments market operated by a market undertaking, an investment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-1-1

The organisations issuing the training certificates send these certificates to the service or organisation mentioned in article L. 4362-1 in the form of certified information.

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