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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual payment transactions

Article L314-11

…I.IV. - Where applicable, the other relevant information and conditions referred to in Article L. 314-12 are made available to the Payment Service User in an easily accessible form.V. - As soon as it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-3

…ance of the hearings and has access to the case file, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 114 and 114-1. This lawyer is chosen by the assisted witness or appointed ex officio by the Presiden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-11

I.-For the agreements referred to in 1° of Article R. 1453-10, each company shall make public the following information, in addition to its own identity including its corporate name, its corporate pur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-11

The oral tests are marked from 0 to 20. Any mark below 5 out of 20 is eliminatory.At the end of the admission oral tests, the selection board will draw up, in order of merit, a list of candidates admi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

…bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchaser undertakes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compliance with payment of professional dues

Article 122-19

…e professional contributions provided for in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Other proceedings falling within the jurisdiction of the family affairs judge

Article 1143

Where the parents seek approval of their agreement pursuant to article 373-2-7 of the Civil Code, the matter shall be referred to the court by joint application. He may not alter the terms of the agre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-11

…hall be registered at the request of one of the parties to the deed. The application shall include: 1° A registration application form, the form of which shall be determined by decision of the Directo…

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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 A444-114

The subdivision of undivided property (number 91 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, in the case of drawing lots or amicable allocation…

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