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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-27

A repurchase agreement is a transaction whereby a legal entity, a unit trust, a real estate investment trust, a professional real estate investment trust, a specialised financing fund or a securitisat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1470

If, after balancing, the account shows a balance in favour of the community, the spouse reports the amount to the common estate. If it shows a balance in favour of the spouse, the spouse has the choic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1697

…ready benefited from the fruits of any funds, or received the amount of any claim belonging to that estate, or sold any effects of the estate, he is bound to repay them to the purchaser, if he has not…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-9-1

…f Article L. 2172-3 and meeting a need with an estimated value of less than 100,000 euros excluding tax. These provisions also apply to lots whose value is less than 80,000 euros excluding tax for inn…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 611-4

…id for the videographic publication of cinematographic and audiovisual works, videogram publishers must meet the following conditions:1° They must be established in France;2° Their chairmen, directors…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-157

…n or reconstruction work and sales of property assets by non-trading property investment companies must comply with the following conditions: 1° In the case of extensions : The cost, including all tax…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 792

The creditors of the estate declare their claims by notifying their title to the elected domicile of the estate. They are paid under the conditions provided for in Article 796. Claims whose amount has…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-19

The Board of Directors decides on acquisitions, disposals and leases of real estate assets, as well as leases of movable and immovable property belonging to the company. The Board of Directors decides…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article L441-1

Articles 1594 I bis and 1840 G ter of the French General Tax Code set out the rules governing exemptions from property registration tax and registration duty by the General Councils of Guadeloupe, Fre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-1

Taxpayers whose tax residence is in France may open an equity savings plan for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies with a credit institution, the Caisse des dépôt…

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