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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-Paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements concerning real estate and landed property

Article A444-111

The property development contract (number 88 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the developer's agreed remuneration, according to the following scale:Base rates A…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-11

…defined in article L. 332-3, the first sentence of article L. 332-4 and articles L. 332-5-1, L. 332-8, L. 332-10-1 and L. 332-19 of this Code are also liable to the additional penalty of being banned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-11

…ance with a person other than a statutory auditor registered on the list provided for in article L. 822-1, or all or part of his or her training period abroad, shall obtain authorisation from the regi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appeal from a judgment ruling exclusively on jurisdiction

Article 89

When it decides to evoke the case, the court invites the parties, if necessary by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to constitute a lawyer within a time limit that it shall set, if th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 843

…e the share of the succession, unless the testator has expressed his will to the contrary, in which case the legatee may only claim his legacy by taking less.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Actions to supplement shares

Article 890

…tion or the act in lieu thereof on the difficulties presented by that partition or that act. In the case of successive partial divisions, lesion is assessed without taking into account either the part…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Fixed-date procedure

Article 844

…d to allow the party summoned to prepare its defence. If the defendant has instructed a lawyer, the case is pleaded immediately as it stands, even if no submissions have been made by the defendant or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-11

…Council to award a specific contract may be taken before the award procedure is initiated. In this case, it must include a definition of the scope of the need to be met and the estimated value of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-2

…tioned in article L. 6123-5 as part of the professional development advice mentioned in article L. 6111-6. This operator informs, guides and helps the employee to formalise his project. It proposes a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-2

I. - When goods suspected of infringing a registered design are detained after an application referred to in Article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroy…

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