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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-20

…the means of verifying this registration. The intermediaries referred to in 4° of I of article R. 519-4 must also indicate the name or corporate name, business address or registered office address an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° sexies : Tax reduction for expenses relating to the conservation or restoration of movable objects classified as historical monuments

Article 199 duovicies

…to 18% of the sums actually paid and remaining payable by the owner, subject to an annual limit of €20,000 per taxpayer.IV. - In the event of failure to comply with one of the conditions set out in II…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-19

During the preliminary interview provided for in Article L. 1233-11, in the event of redundancy of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the employer informs the employee of the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article D213-19

…or listing the securities; 6° The existence and organisation of the group of holders of securities; 7° The list of credit institutions responsible for the financial servicing of the operation, where a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-23

In the event that one of the parties fails to appear or in the absence of full conciliation, the commission shall undertake to draw up the conciliation proposal provided for in Article L. 615-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-20

The articles L. 227-13 to L. 227-19 do not apply to companies with only one member.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…Once the perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion of data recorded in the processing, unless the public prosecutor or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-20

I. - Deposits and assets held in dormant accounts mentioned in article L. 312-19 are deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations: 1° For dormant accounts mentioned in 1° of I of the same art…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-2

In the event of a trust entered into by way of security, the contract shall mention, on pain of nullity, in addition to the provisions set out in

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