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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 15: General provisions.

Article L511-80

Legal public holidays are assimilated to days on which, under the laws in force, no payment may be demanded, nor any protest drawn up.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-155

…may not have been acquired from one of the bodies referred to in articles L. 365-2, L. 411-2 or L. 481-1 or of the same code. II. - The properties mentioned in 3° of I may not represent more than 10%…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-157

Expansion or reconstruction work and sales of property assets by non-trading property investment companies must comply with the following conditions: 1° In the case of extensions : The cost, including…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-158

Companies may only merge if the majority of their assets are made up of properties used primarily for residential purposes or primarily for commercial purposes. To determine whether a property is used…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-159

The draft terms of merger are drawn up by the management company of each of the companies involved in the transaction. It shall contain the following information 1° An inventory of the property assets…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-156

I. - direct or indirect holdings in the companies referred to in 2° of the I of article L. 214-115 may represent up to 100% of the assets of a société civile de placement immobilier, if the following…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book V: Out-of-court settlement of disputes

Article 1530

…y this Title shall be understood, pursuant to the articles 21 and 21-2 of the aforementioned Act of 8 February 1995, any structured process, by which two or more parties attempt to reach an agreement,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…1° For those liable for value added tax, on the annex to the declaration mentioned in 1 of article 287 filed in respect of the month of March or the first quarter of the year in respect of which the t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General information

Article 1586

I. - The départements shall collect:1° (Repealed);2° La redevance des mines, prévues à article 1587 ;3° La part de la fraction de la composante de l'imposition forfaitaire sur les entreprises de résea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1576

…éfet" by: "State representative";7°"huissier de justice" by: "administrative or military authority";8°"local newspaper" by: "Journal officiel des îles Wallis et Futuna";9°"Caisse des dépôts et consign…

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