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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Transfers of businesses, customer lists and similar agreements

Article 719

…entory, detailed and estimated, in a separate statement, three copies of which, drawn up on special forms provided by the administration, must remain deposited with the tax department where the formal…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-2

The property and rights of the section are managed by the town council and the mayor. When it is formed pursuant to Article L. 2411-3, the syndicate commission and its chairman exercise the management…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1973

…In the latter case, although it has the characteristics of a liberality, it is not subject to the forms required for gifts; except for the cases of reduction and nullity set out in Article 1970. Whe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-1

…Article L. 5134-19-3 reads as follows:"Art. L. 5134-19-3 -The single integration contract takes the form of :"1° For employers in the non-profit sector mentioned in Article L. 5134-21, the employment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance

Article R1125-23

The sponsor reports every six months to the Data Protection Committee, in the form of a list accompanied by a summary, any suspected serious unexpected adverse reactions and serious incidents that hav…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VIII : Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis

Article L5218-10

…ternal regulations of the metropolitan council. Membership of this council may not give rise to any form of remuneration.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2520

…re are oppositions or applications for registration which have not been discharged in the authentic form or to which the applicant refuses to acquiesce. The court may order the registration, in whole…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R300

…tional that entails the deprivation of electoral rights, the court clerk shall draw up on a special form, and irrespective of the age and sex of the convicted person, a copy of the record of the crimi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-84

…tment trusts or in undertakings governed by foreign law with an equivalent purpose and of a similar form mentioned in the last sentence of 1° of article L. 214-37 must satisfy the conditions laid down…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional platform organisations

Article L7343-21

…f this Chapter, the following shall be deemed to be professional organisations representing the platforms referred to in Article L. 7342-1 : 1° The professional trade unions referred to in Article L.…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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