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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Overseas departments

Article 1043 B

…cember 2025, the following are exempt from registration duty or land registration tax when they are carried out for the benefit of irregular owners of immovable property:1° Transfers carried out by a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Recovery methods

Article R412-33

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° Les dispositions des articles 1er, 2, des paragraphes 1 à 3, de l'article 9, de l'article 10, de l'article 11 des paragraphes 1 et 2 de l…

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

Article 231-27

By way of derogation from article 231-26, the classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable, the direct allocations provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Infrastructure management

Article L4424-22

By way of derogation from article 9 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition de compétences entre les communes, les départements, les…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R743-15

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R744-15

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 477-1

The future protection mandate is published by an entry in a special register, the procedures and access to which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 480

The representative may be any natural person chosen by the principal or a legal person registered on the list of legal representatives for the protection of adults provided for in

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Private agreements

Article 492

The mandate drawn up under private signature is dated and signed by the principal. It is either countersigned by a lawyer or drawn up in accordance with a model defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Notarial mandate

Article 491

For the application of the second paragraph of Article 486, the agent shall report to the notary who drew up the mandate by sending him his accounts, to which all useful supporting documents shall be…

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