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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

…concerned. Each member has one vote.By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the decision not to open negotiations or to close negotiations already opened and to apply the rules on information a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-7

The sums entered in the automatic cinema distribution account may be invested with a view to contributing, through the payment of advances, to the financing of the production of long-term cinematograp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 A

…s recording the transfer by mutual agreement of a small-scale fishing vessel and the equipment used to operate it are registered free of charge.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730 ter

…l landholding groups and forestry groups representing contributions of undivided assets are subject to 2.50% registration duty when they occur between the contributors of the said assets, their surviv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 757 A

The capital payments provided for by Article 373-2-3 of the French Civil Code are only subject to transfer duties for the fraction exceeding €2,700 per year remaining until the beneficiary reaches maj…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730 bis

…h a predominantly agricultural purpose, which have been in existence for at least three years prior to the disposal, are registered at a fixed duty of €125.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730 quater

…ecialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to ordonnance no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset managem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730 quinquies

…214-45 of the Monetary and Financial Code. In the cases mentioned in a and b, transfers are subject to registration duty at the rate set in 2° of I of article 726.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-7

When a decision cannot be made within the six-month period, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall inform the person concerned at least fifteen days before the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cultural identity: powers of the territorial collectivity of Corsica in terms of education and culture

Article L4424-7

I.-The territorial collectivity of Corsica defines and implements cultural policy in Corsica in consultation with the communes, and after consultation with the economic, social, environmental and cult…

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