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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-10

…hem, the civil action shall be brought before the council chamber of the judicial court. The latter may not order either the cessation or interruption of exploitation or the confiscation provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 98

The administration may request from the interested parties any information likely to justify the accuracy of the figures declared and, in particular, any information enabling the size of the customer…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Inheritance reserve and available share

Article 916

…the absence of a descendant and an undivorced surviving spouse, gifts by inter vivos deeds or wills may exhaust all assets.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 943

The gift inter vivos may include only the present property of the donor; if it includes future property, it will be void in this respect.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 968

A will may not be made in the same deed by two or more persons either for the benefit of a third party or as a reciprocal or mutual disposition.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Billing

Article L441-9

…as the delivery or service provision has been completed within the meaning of 3 of the I of article 289 of the General Tax Code. The buyer is obliged to claim it. The seller and the buyer shall each k…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Commission for aid to the production of short-lived audiovisual works

Article 411-96

The Short-Term Audiovisual Production Grants Committee is made up of five members appointed for a renewable term of one year.For each session, the Committee appoints a chairperson from among its membe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-1

…easons and with the authorisation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defence, marriages may be solemnised for military personnel, State sailors, persons employed in the wake of the armed f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-9

…the procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Within two months of receipt, the Minister may refer the matter to the judicial court if there are real and serious grounds for opposing the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-9

The procedures established by the agents mentioned in article L. 1454-6 against a person mentioned in article L. 1453-4, on the basis of the offence defined in article L. 1454-7, are reported, as soon…

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