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Showing 110 of 57608 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1007 of 30-10-2023

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2023

…have the widest powers over the trust assets, unless it is shown that the third parties were aware of the limitation of its powers.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Electoral procedure.

Article 1007

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 1005 or to Article 1006 may be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1007

…The will shall be opened if it is sealed. The civil law notary shall immediately draw up a report of the opening and condition of the will, specifying the circumstances of the deposit. In the case p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-10

The file referred to in 2° of Article R. 123-30-9 includes:1° All the information declared;2° The supporting documents required under the legislative or regulatory provisions in force that have been d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-30

…gulated market shall publish on the website provided for in Article R. 22-10-1, within fifteen days of the meeting, the results of votes including at least the following information: 1° The number of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-30

…article L. 225-86 at the latest when they are concluded. Any interested party may ask the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin the management board to publish this informatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-10

The allocation of variable components of total remuneration within the investment firm takes account of all the risks to which it is or is likely to be exposed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-10

…gal announcements.The association pays the publication costs directly to the newspaper and sends proof of this to the court within one month of being sent the draft notice for publication.Within fifte…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 30

The action is the right, for the author of a claim, to be heard on the merits of that claim so that the judge can say it is well-founded or ill-founded. For the opponent, the action is the right to di…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 300

…a private document is alleged to be false as a principal claim, the summons shall state the grounds of falsity and summon the defendant to declare whether or not he intends to make use of the document…

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