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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Gifts and bequests

Article R2242-3

Any notary depositing a will containing a legacy in favour of a commune or a communal public establishment is required, as soon as the will is opened, to give notice of it to the accounting officer of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Gifts and bequests

Article R2242-5

Notices or documents intended for the accounting officer of the municipality or municipal public establishment are sent through the intermediary of the private receiver of finance to which this accoun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-126

The provisions of articles R. 221-121 to R. 221-125 are applicable to Crédit Mutuel special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-122

…any other Livret A savings accounts they may hold to the credit institution referred to in article R. 221-121. This agreement or refusal is stated in the contract. The customer may not object to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-124

I. - The information communicated by the tax authorities pursuant to article R. 221-123 may not be communicated to the institution's sales department, which is informed only of the existence of anothe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-123

…ened automatically and can take effect immediately; 2° If, in the agreement provided for in article R. 221-1, the customer has refused to allow the tax authorities to provide the credit institution wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-121

…with this obligation.II. - The contract to open a Livret A passbook account provided for in article R. 221-1 sets out the same requirements and the penalties incurred if they are not met. It also info…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-125

If a credit institution receives a request to close an A passbook account, it must do so within fifteen working days of receiving the request.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R930-1

…ng provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R. 122-17, R. 123-171-1, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 123-235, D. 12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-34

The regional audit chamber rules on the admissibility of the application. In particular, it shall establish the status of the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant's interest in bringing the act…

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