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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-23

Without prejudice to the supervisory powers granted to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-23

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Selective financial aid

Article 232-23

…aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain cate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer and transit.

Article 728-23

As soon as the competent authority of the executing State has indicated that it agrees to recognise the sentence and enforce it on its territory, the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D. 2335-23

I.-The fixed portion provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2335-16 amounts to €9,000. The variable portion provided for in the same paragraph is allocated according to the following scale…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Taxation of partnerships, joint ventures, public interest groups, limited liability companies, limited liability farms and professional non-trading companies. Option for capital companies

Article 239

…the period mentioned in the second paragraph;c. to the non-trading companies mentioned in articles 238 ter, 239 ter, 239 quater A and 239 septies.2. (Obsolete provision).3. Partnerships which opted b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-23

Recognition and monitoring within the territory of the Republic of a conviction or a probation decision handed down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2386

Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee

Article 2318

In the event of the dissolution of the debtor or creditor legal entity as a result of a merger, demerger or the cause provided for in the third paragraph of Article 1844-5, the guarantor remains liabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2364

Sums paid in respect of the pledged claim are deducted from the secured claim when it is due.If this is not the case, the pledged creditor retains them as security in a specially allocated account ope…

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