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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective real estate investment with sub-funds

Article L214-85

…té de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable so provide. Each sub-fund gives rise to the issue of one or more classes of units or shares representing the assets of the undertaking fo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for house arrest to enforce a removal order

Article L732-8

A decision to place a person under house arrest taken pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° or 5° of article L. 731-1 may be challenged before the president of the administrative court within forty-eight hours o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2343-8

…uivalent document issued by the competent judicial or administrative authority in the economic operator's country of origin or establishment, certifying that there are no grounds for exclusion.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-8

…ed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative and litigation procedure

Article R312-8

…ons provided for in articles D. 312-5-1, D. 312-5-2 and D. 312-7-2 have been taken. The Deputy Director of Visas or the Commission, as the case may be, may only be duly notified by the person who is t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-14

…group takes the form of a request for compensation. It shall be made by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged, in accordance with the procedures and within the time limit determined by the ju…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-15

…or compensation for damage, when the interested party addresses the claim for compensation directly to the person declared liable, he/she shall inform the claimant in the action or the claimant of his…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-17

The power of attorney for the purposes of compensation given to the plaintiff in the action by virtue of the interested party's membership of the group shall constitute authority to carry out on behal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-16

Persons likely to belong to the group who have not joined it within the period provided for in the judgment ruling on liability and under the conditions provided for in Article 849-13 are no longer en…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-8

The transport of a deceased person to his or her home or the residence of a member of his or her family before committal is subject to: 1° A written request from the person who is entitled to provide…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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