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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-13

…public prosecutor to whom the request has been addressed does not have territorial jurisdiction to act on it, he or she shall forward it without delay to the public prosecutor at the criminal court w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Transfer of sentenced persons

Article 728-4

…is, by its nature or duration, more severe than the penalty provided for by French law for the same acts, the criminal court of the place of detention, seised by the public prosecutor or the convicted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-9

Actions for nullity of the company or of acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the day on which the nullity is incurred, subject to the limitati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-5

…public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The act by which the Public Prosecutor gives his agreement to the proposed settlement interrupts the sta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-3-3

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 821-12-5 of this code and in I of article L. 631-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the staff of the High Council, as well as all natural or leg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

The declaration of incorporation of a multi-professional practice company, the purpose of which is in particular the practice of the liberal profession of industrial property attorney, shall be sent t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 774

…Article 773, the existence and truthfulness of debts resulting from the application of articles L. 321-13 et seq. of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are sufficiently proven to the administration b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Guarantee fund for agricultural disasters in the overseas departments

Article 1635 bis AA

…the annual tax on insurance agreements provided for in Article 991. The rate is set by the Finance Act and may not exceed 10%..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-25

…e and expenditure, including capital expenditure, of the departments of the Police Prefecture whose activity is primarily related to the exercise of active policing, are entered in the State budget an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article L3213-2

…asoned deliberation by the departmental council on the conditions of the sale and its essential characteristics. The departmental council deliberates in the light of the opinion of the competent State…

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