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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-17

The Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique shall inform the person whose activity is to offer access to online public communication services of the suspension sentence i…

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

Article L547-3

Where the project promoter is a local authority, the provider of equity crowdfunding services shall inform it and the investors of the offences set out in Articles 432-10 to 432-12 of the French Penal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R121-6

…ance with the provisions of article 140 of law no. 2001-420 of 15 May 2001 relating to new economic regulations. In particular, this contract sets out the conditions for changes in the sale prices of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L311-2

…f refusing entry to French territory entered in the Schengen Information System, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-10

…a dedicated interface meeting all the conditions mentioned in Article 33(6) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15

The successful bidder is obliged to take the equipment and goods existing at the time of taking possession, at the prices set by an amicable or judicial expertise, contradictorily between the outbid b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 765-2

Where the dwelling was the subject of a lease, the successor spouse who, at the time of death, was actually occupying the premises as his or her principal dwelling shall benefit from the right of use…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 781

…e an heir must prove that he or the person or persons from whom he derives that status accepted the succession before the expiry of that period.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Transfers by death

Article 656

Transfers by death are registered with the tax department of the deceased's domicile regardless of the location of the movable or immovable assets to be declared. Inheritance declarations of persons n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Remuneration of the posthumous representative

Article 775 quinquies

The remuneration of the mandataire à titre posthume, definitively determined within six months of the death, is deductible from the assets of the estate up to a limit of 0.5% of the managed estate ass…

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