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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

…f free transfer duties, it is carried out in the case of a gift or, where the provisions of article 796-0 ter are not applicable, in the case of inheritance, an allowance of €15,932 is made on the sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-77

The public prosecutor at a judicial court may, for offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11° and 18°, 706-73-1 and 706-74, request the investigating judge to reli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-77

The redemption by the real estate investment trust of its units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of all unitholders…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7

…d central administration of the SICAV are located in France.Subject to the provisions of article L. 214-7-4, the shares of the SICAV are issued and redeemed by the company at the request of subscriber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71-1

…the first paragraph or who has not objected to it in the cases provided for in the second paragraph may not subsequently refuse it.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other securities giving or which may give access to capital or voting rights

Article L212-7

…ities giving access to the capital and the holders of these securities are set out in Articles L. 228-91 to L. 228-106 of the French Commercial Code relating to securities giving access to the capital…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Medical Risk Observatory.

Article D1142-70

…tory and the persons who take part in its work are subject to the obligations set out in article L. 1451-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article R6152-73

Hospital practitioners are guaranteed the right to organise.They may not suffer any prejudice or benefit from any advantages because of their trade union commitments.Special leave of absence is grante…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-8

…the framework of the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5 and in article L. 232-18-1, at the request of the investigators and subject to the preservation of a legally protected sec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of counsel and submissions

Article 761

…within the jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge; 2° In the matters listed by articles R. 211-3-13 to R. 211-3-16, R. 211-3-18 à R. 211-3-21, R. 211-3-23 of the Code of Judicial Organisation…

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