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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crisis prevention and management measures for central counterparties

Article L613-73

I.-The provisions of this article shall apply in cases where there is no agreement between the European Union and a non-EU Member State and in cases where an existing agreement does not deal with the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 556

The landings and accretions that successively and imperceptibly form at the riparian bottoms of a watercourse are called "alluvium".Alluvium benefits the riparian owner, whether the watercourse is sta…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article L112-1

Seizures can be made of all assets belonging to the debtor, even if they are held by third parties. They may also relate to conditional, time-barred or successive performance claims. The terms and con…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-30

At the request of the purchaser, the successful tenderer may be asked to clarify aspects of its tender or to confirm the commitments contained therein. However, such requests may not have the effect o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-142

Subject to the provisions of specific decrees, the selection test is organised in the form of one or more level assessment tests under the responsibility of the regional director of youth, sport and c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Changes of a particular nature

Article 687

Declarations of successful bidders made to the registry in accordance with Article 707 of the Code of Civil Procedure are subject to a fixed land registration tax of €25 when they are not required to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-12

The successful candidates, duly authorised under the provisions of Article R. 15-33-29-11 as tax agents responsible for carrying out investigations pursuant to Article 28-2, are designated as judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article R1

I.-Any association referred to in the second paragraph of Article 2-3 may be registered with the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the procedures specified in II of this article, if it meets the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-9

Failure by the user to comply with the provisions relating to the succession of contracts on the same job, as provided for by the stipulations of the agreement or industry-level agreement concluded pu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-13

The capital sum or annuity payable on the death of the contracting party to a specified beneficiary is not subject to the rules governing equitable inheritance or to the rules governing reduction on t…

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