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Showing 35413550 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-6

The authority responsible for the single public website shall make public information relating to agreements entered into, remuneration paid and other benefits granted during the first half of the cal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

…y may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual residence in France, if the ascenda…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-28

…on of passengers under the conditions set out in article R. 211-31. For the application of the provisions of this article, credit institutions established in the Principality of Monaco are deemed to h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-86

Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between the company and one of the members of the Management Board or Supervisory Board, a shareholder holding more than 10% of the votin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-5-3

…ned by an agreement with the State, appoint public servants to represent it at French diplomatic missions. It shall offer the public servants mentioned in the first paragraph a system of allowances, r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 B

I. - 1. Where a legal entity established in France and liable for corporation tax operates a business outside France or holds directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares, stocks, financial righ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2493

…ticle 21-11 are applicable only if, at the date of birth, at least one of the child's parents was residing in France legally, under cover of a residence permit, and uninterruptedly for more than three…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Issuance of Bulletin No. 3 of the Criminal Record

Article R83

…egative, the automated national criminal records department will only issue bulletin no. 3 on the basis of a birth certificate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: How easements are established

Article 694

If the owner of two hereditaments between which there is an apparent sign of an easement, disposes of one of the hereditaments without the contract containing any agreement relating to the easement, i…

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