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Showing 24312440 of 58366 articles for Art. Ord. 2014-86 of 30 January 2014 · Loi 2015-990 of 6 August 2015

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Liquidation

Article A310-6

Any advertisement relating to a clearance operation shall mention the date of the declaration receipt and the nature of the goods to which the operation relates if it does not concern all of the estab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Nominations

Article A713-6

…used, the campaign expenses reimbursed to candidates pursuant to article R. 713-12 include the cost of the paper and printing of the circulars, where the election organising committee decides that the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Acts subject to the combined formality of registration and land registration

Article 647

…to rights registered in the Mayotte land register, excluding the liens and mortgages mentioned in i of 1° of article 2521 of the Civil Code. The new formality is called the "merged formality".Excluded…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D742-6

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D743-6

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article A743-6

An agreement is signed between each commercial court registrar's office and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. Any contractual stipulation contrary to the standard clauses set out in the Annex 7-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-6

The Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique is made up of : 1° A member of the Conseil d'Etat appointed by the vice-president of the Conseil d'Etat, chairman; 2° A member of the Cour des…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The various types of easement that may be established over property

Article 689

…such as a door, a window, an aqueduct. Non-apparent easements are those which have no external sign of their existence, such as, for example, a prohibition on building on a piece of land, or on buildi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The various types of easement that may be established over property

Article 688

…s. Continuous servitudes are those whose use is or can be continuous without needing the actual act of man: such are water pipes, sewers, views and the like of this kind. Discontinuous servitudes are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The various types of easement that may be established over property

Article 686

Owners are permitted to establish on their properties, or in favour of their properties, such easements as they see fit, provided nevertheless that the services established are imposed neither on the…

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