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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-24

…paragraph of I of Article R. 561-23 accompanying the first declaration mentioned in Article L. 561-15.Any change concerning the persons thus designated, who are called correspondents, must be brought…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

If the ratio, assessed at the end of the financial year, between the sum of the special technical provision and the net unrealised gains and losses on the assets allocated to the special technical pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-24

…date is fixed at the beginning, middle or end of the month, these terms are taken to mean the 1st, 15th or last day of the month. The expressions "eight days" or "fifteen days" are understood, not of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-24

In the absence of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman called upon to chair the meeting of the Judicial Council, the chair may be exercised by a councillor belonging to the assembly to which the defaulting C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-15

The minimum value of lots is set at 15 euros for sales of goods of any kind, ordered or authorised in the cases provided for by articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. This minimum may be lowered by the cou…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIX: Declaration of income from transferable securities (IFU)

Article 242 ter

1. Persons who ensure the payment of income from transferable capital referred to in articles 108 to 125 as well as income from capitalisation bonds or contracts and investments of the same nature are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Direct marketing of banking and financial services

Article R753-24

Article R. 341-16 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Provisions common to both parts of Chapter II.

Article 1527

The advantages that either spouse may derive from the clauses of a community agreement, as well as those that may result from the commingling of movables or debts, are not regarded as gifts. However,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1501

Creditors may not be prejudiced by the distribution of pre-marital liabilities or liabilities arising from successions and gifts. They retain, in all cases, the right to seize the assets that previous…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 1559

…judicial court and unless the entire dispute has been submitted to the ordinary law procedure, the case shall be called directly to a judgment hearing of the panel to which it has been distributed. T…

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