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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I ter

…y articles 238 bis HA and 238 bis HD as drafted by Article 22 of the Amending Finance Act for 1986 (no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986). The benefit of the exemption is subject to the conditions that the purc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Crisis prevention and management measures

Article A311-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 311-5, the supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall decide how often the preventive recovery plan is to be updated, which ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

Except in the cases listed in the Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 3324-10, shares or units acquired on behalf of employees and former employees are delivered to them at the end of a m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-19

…of the declaration procedures set out inarticle L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code and decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 relating to the receivership and liquidation of companies, as well a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-8

…a legal person registered in that register. In addition, for proceedings opened on or after 26 June 2018, the judgment shall be mentioned together with an indication of the main, secondary or territor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-21

…nables them to benefit from the training and preparation provided for in 1° to 3° of article R. 221-20. Espoir centres" may only take in athletes who are at least twelve years old or enrolled in a sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-2

…ights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences set out in articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the French Criminal Code as well as the offences set out in the provisions of this Code, which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article L351-4

…n in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is replaced by the amo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-3

…within one month of the date on which the judgment was handed down, this amount shall be reduced by 20%, without this reduction exceeding 1,500 euros.The president shall inform the sentenced person th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-4-1

…demonstration or public event other than those provided for in articles R. 331-4, R. 331-6, R. 331-20 and R. 331-46, in a sport for which no federation has been delegated and which is not organised b…

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