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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

…he information refuses to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, he shall invite the parties to make their observations known within a period of five days. At th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1043 B

In the Department of Mayotte, from 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2025, the following are exempt from registration duty or land registration tax when they are carried out for the benefit of irregula…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133-1

In the cases provided for by articles 125,127and 133, when the person is detained by the police or gendarmerie before being brought before a magistrate, the public prosecutor for the place of arrest i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-10

…f the company may only result from the violation of a mandatory provision of this title, with the exception of the last paragraph of article 1833, or from one of the causes of nullity of contracts in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-146

Sociétés d'exercice libéral constituées pour l'exercice de la profession d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires sont régies par les dispositions du livre II et de la loi n° 90-125…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: ECONOMIC PROVISIONS.

Article D1862-1

…I and III. II. - For the application of Article R. 1524-3, the third and fourth paragraphs are replaced by a paragraph worded as follows: " - as regards those of the Assembly of French Polynesia, unde…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1448

The spouse who has obtained separation as to property must contribute, in proportion to his or her faculties and those of his or her spouse, both to the expenses of the household and to those of the e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1445

…must be published under the conditions and under the sanctions provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure. The judgment pronouncing separation of property shall go back, as regards its effects, to th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1449

The separation of property pronounced by the court has the effect of placing the spouses under the regime of articles 1536 et seq. The court, in pronouncing the separation, may order that a spouse pay…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1446

The creditors of a spouse may not apply on his or her behalf for separation as to property.

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