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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-16

In compliance with France's international commitments, the local authority may, by deliberation of the territorial council, enter into agreements with foreign local authorities to carry out cooperatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 894

An inter vivos gift is an act by which the donor currently and irrevocably disposes of the thing given in favour of the donee who accepts it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2387

A mortgage may be legal, judicial or conventional.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-5

…rised by the proprietor of a well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, shall not constitute an infringement but shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-23-1

Where assets or rights present in a fiduciary estate are the subject of an agreement under which the settlor debtor retains the use or enjoyment of such assets or rights, no assignment or transfer of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Payment

Article R234

…k or designated official carried out the certification, who shall refer the matter to the competent taxing magistrate. Where the costs fall under 2° of article R. 224-1 and that the requisition has be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Mobility within the European Union and abroad

Article L6325-25

I.-The professionalisation contract may be carried out in part abroad for a period not exceeding one year.The duration of the contract may be extended to twenty-four months. The minimum duration of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Definitions

Article R152-11

…ated enterprises of any kind, such as loans, borrowings or deposits, as well as investments in real estate;

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

…uropean Economic Area which has signed an administrative assistance agreement with France to combat tax evasion and avoidance, which benefit from the mutual recognition procedure for authorisations pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 281

…de, be considered as participating in the matrimonial property regime. They shall not be treated as gifts.

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