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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Creditors' right of pursuit.

Article 815-17

Creditors who could have acted on the undivided property before there was indivision, and those whose claim arises from the conservation or management of the undivided property, shall be paid out of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1426

…he spouse he or she replaces would have had; he or she passes with the authorisation of justice the acts for which his or her consent would have been required if there had been no substitution. The sp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-28

…al in whose jurisdiction he was apprehended, unless he considers that his representation at all the acts of the proceedings is sufficiently guaranteed. In the latter case, the first president of the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-134

…ne the admissibility of a complaint with civil party status lodged with the investigating judge for acts likely to fall within the scope of Article 696-108 of this Code. The statute of limitations for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-86

…e in due course.Subject to compliance with the provisions of V of Article 4 of the Amending Finance Act 2011-1416 of 2 November 2011, no variable remuneration shall be paid to the persons mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Manual changers

Article L572-1

Any person, acting either on their own behalf or on behalf of a legal entity, who disregards one of the prohibitions set out in article L. 524-4 shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-7

…h the volatility adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-6 is not provided for in the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 77e of Directive 2009/138/EC, no volatility adjustment is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-10

…se functions, when the person in question is the subject of criminal proceedings in connection with acts not having the character of misconduct detachable from the exercise of his functions. This prot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Directory of notaries, bailiffs, court clerks, secretaries, auctioneers, commercial brokers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries

Article 868

…formality of registration. Each article in the register contains: 1° Its number; 2° The date of the act; 3° Its nature; 4° The surnames and forenames of the parties and their domicile. Each deed enter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1658

…egations are publicised by the publication of the delegation orders in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs.The director general of public finance may, by order published in the Journal o…

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