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Showing 35913600 of 45512 articles for Art. Rép. Rabault: AN 25-2-2020 n° 24560

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2444

…The State is liable for the loss resulting from faults committed by each service responsible for land registration in the performance of its duties, in particular: 1° The failure to publish deeds an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Managing Director

Article L1432-2

…rcises, on behalf of the State, the powers mentioned in article L. 1431-2 which are not assigned to another authority.Where applicable, he shall exercise throughout the national territory the powers t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIII: Declaration of commissions, brokerage, rebates, fees, royalties, partners' remuneration and profit shares

Article 242

1. General partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures and co-ownership companies of ships which have not opted for the tax regime for capital companies shall be required to provide the adminis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Commercial distribution networks

Article L341-2

I.-Any clause having the effect, after the expiry or termination of one of the contracts mentioned in Article L. 341-1, to restrict the freedom to carry on the commercial activity of the operator who…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20

…s, the sample shall be taken, on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article 706-56, within one year at the latest:…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

Where the law governing the contract is that of a State which does not belong to the European Union, the consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded to him by the provisions adopted by a M…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-26

…to refer a matter to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique pursuant to Article L. 331-30 and the second paragraph of Article L. 331-33, provided that such referral…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

I.-With effect from 2020, a national fund shall be set up to equalise the transfer duties on immovable property collected by the départements pursuant to Articles 1594 A and 1595 of the General Tax Co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

The operation referred to in Article 230-32 is authorised: 1° As part of an investigation in flagrante delicto, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by the p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions under which the administrative authority may implement a decision taken by another Member State of the European Union or a State with which the Schengen acquis applies

Article R615-2

The administrative authority may, pursuant to 2° of Article L. 615-1, decide to implement an enforceable expulsion decision taken by one of the other Member States of the European Union, the Republic…

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