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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-27

…Where the beneficiary is a company, the transfer of rights, property and obligations may take the form of a contribution. Subject to this section, the legal provisions relating to the sale, gift or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

…provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose titl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on loan insurance

Article R313-9

…covered; 4° A personalised estimate of the cost of the insurance solution envisaged, based on the information known at the time the form is provided, covering the following elements: a) The cost in eu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

…cts provided for in Article 1048 ter; 3° Deeds recording a contribution to a company, deeds for the formation of economic interest groupings constituted in accordance with articles L251-1 to L251-23 o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Taxable properties

Article 1381

…ustry, even if they are only held by mooring lines; 4° The floors of buildings of any kind and land forming an essential and immediate dependency of these constructions with the exception of land occu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595

…he benefit of a promise to lease relating to all or part of an immovable property regardless of the form given by the parties, whether it is described as a transfer of key money, severance pay or othe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the certificate of French nationality

Article 1045-2

…f article 1045-1. On pain of inadmissibility, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the form referred to in article 1045-1, the documents produced in support of the application for the cer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-2

…he nature of the activities of the entity concerned, the composition of its shareholders, its legal form, its risk profile, its size, its legal status and its interconnection with other institutions o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-18

…cillors being modified on this occasion.In these same councils, groups of community councillors are formed by the submission to the president of a declaration, signed by their members, accompanied by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Terms of office for members of the urban community council

Article L5216-4-2

…cillors being modified on this occasion.In these same councils, groups of community councillors are formed by the submission to the president of a declaration, signed by their members, accompanied by…

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