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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Transfers by death

Article 645

…ese assets. This period runs, for each heir, only from the day on which the competent authority has ruled on the request for authorisation to accept the legacy, without the payment of the duties being…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article R214-234-1

…egotiable debt securities and bonds or debt securities issued on the basis of foreign law. The fund rules specify the characteristics and terms of issue of the debt securities. The liabilities of a se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-16

…mously if that member has committed a serious breach of the Articles of Association or the internal rules of the cooperative, or if he has been suspended for disciplinary reasons.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 523

Claims relating to the application of articles 514-5,517 and 518 to 522 may only be brought, in the event of an appeal, before the First President ruling in summary proceedings or, in the cases provid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Classes of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article L344-1

…d beneficiaries, as would be recorded in the event of a transfer of the portfolio of contracts. The rules for calculating this proportion are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1093

…y, made between spouses by marriage contract, whether simple or reciprocal, shall be subject to the rules established by the preceding chapter, in respect of similar gifts made to them by a third part…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Examination of the application

Article 1220

…l as in the départements bordering the one where he or she exercises his or her functions. The same rules apply to magistrates of the court of appeal in the event of an appeal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-7

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify, where necessary:1° The rules of procedure applicable in the event of the penalty provided for in articles L. 5145-3 to L. 5145-5, as well as the methods fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-53

…86 are applicable in the event of the issue of profit participation certificates. To this end, the rules provided for by these articles and concerning the company owing the bond, the issue of the bon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-43

…fter a judgment of cassation with referral, the investigating chamber to which the case is referred rules within twenty days of delivery of the judgment of the Court of Cassation. This chamber hears a…

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