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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 801

…e must also be provided before the declaration is registered, failing which the highest duties that may be owed to the Treasury will be levied, unless the overpayment is refunded as stated in article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction

Article R121-1

…ment judge must declare of its own motion that it does not have jurisdiction. The enforcement judge may neither modify the terms of the court decision on which the proceedings are based, nor suspend i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide banking services

Article L772-8

Articles L. 532-16 to L. 532-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D6263-4

Articles D. 2321-8 to D. 2321-16 shall apply to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D6363-4

Articles D. 2321-8 to D. 2321-16 shall apply to the collectivity of Saint-Martin.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 D

The capital gains that may arise from a transaction referred to in article 48 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production are taxable in the name of the socié…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-109

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may receive the guarantees mentioned in article L. 211-38 under the conditions defined in that same article, guarantees relating to joint and sever…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-2

…admissibility, that the patent holder is informed in advance. The holder of a non-exclusive licence may bring an infringement action, if the licence contract expressly authorises him to do so, provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L321-36

…form shall continue to be carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 3211-17 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons. However, by way of derogation from the pr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-9

…ic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession may be appealed by the applicant for the declaration or by the party against whom enforcement is sou…

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