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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-123

A société d'exercice libéral formed by the conversion of a société civile professionnelle holding an office must be approved by order of the garde des sceaux, minister of justice.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-143

No remuneration is payable for the preparation and issue of copies, certificates and extracts of any kind requested by the judicial authorities or by the Ministry of Justice from the registrars of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Costs and expenses

Article R4126-42

Article R. 761-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable before the disciplinary chambers. In the event of withdrawal, the costs may be charged to the plaintiff or applicant.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 7

…r of the finding of absconding, for applicants covered by the procedure provided for in Regulation (EU) No 604-2013 of 26 June 2013; I. Date of the obligation to leave French territory. III. Reception…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Formalities relating to the celebration of marriage

Article 171

…ing that of the death of the spouse. However, such marriage shall not entail any right of intestate succession in favour of the surviving spouse and no matrimonial property regime shall be deemed to h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1390

They may, however, stipulate that on the dissolution of the marriage by the death of one of them, the surviving spouse shall have the option of acquiring or, as the case may be, having attributed to h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Presumptions of ownership

Article 753

All securities, sums or values existing with the depositaries designated in Article 806 I, and which are the subject of joint or several accounts with joint and several liability shall be considered,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-6

…le L. 822-1-2, persons already approved by the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union to carry out statutory audits, subject to having passed an aptitude test demonstratin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

…ce service providers are the legal persons defined in e) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. They shall be authorised, under the conditions laid down in this…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1126

Information requested with a view to concluding a contract or information sent during the performance of a contract may be sent by e-mail if the recipient has agreed to the use of this medium.

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