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Showing 50415050 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Preparation of the economic, social and environmental plan.

Article R631-28

The articles R. 623-1 and R. 623-2 are applicable to receivership proceedings.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-76

The requests of the sentenced person provided for by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721

A reduction in sentence may be granted by the sentence enforcement judge, following the opinion of the sentence enforcement commission, to convicts serving one or more custodial sentences who have giv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Movable property

Article 764

I. - For the liquidation of transfer duties on death, the value of the ownership of movable property is determined, in the absence of proof to the contrary:1° By the price expressed in the deeds of sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L424-7

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall register a multilateral trading facility as a small and medium-sized enterprise growth market at the request of its operator, after verifying that at least 50…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Valuation of assets.

Article A332-7

I.-The undertakings referred to in article L. 310-3-2 are able to estimate at any time the impact on their commitments to policyholders and reinsured undertakings and on the realisable value of their…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795

The following are exempt from free transfer duties:1° Gifts and bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-7

The company terminates: 1° By expiry of the period for which it was formed, unless extended in accordance with Article 1844-6 ; 2° By the realisation or extinction of its object;

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-7

The following articles of the Electoral Code apply to the vote-counting operations and the proclamation of results, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6213-1:1° Article R. 63 relating to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-7

The following articles of the Electoral Code shall apply to the process of counting the votes and declaring the results, under the conditions set out in Article D. 6313-1, the following articles of th…

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