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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Transfers by death

Article 641

The time limits for the registration of the declarations that the heirs, donees or legatees have to make of the property due to them or transmitted by death are: Six months, from the day of death, whe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and evidence of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies

Article A112

The information sheet referred to in article L. 112-2, describing the operation over time of the cover triggered by the harmful event, the operation over time of the cover triggered by the claim, and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-24

I.-Retail establishments providing goods and services and located in international tourist zones may provide weekly rest in shifts for all or some of their staff, under the conditions set out in artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract.

Article L1224-3-2

Where an extended branch agreement provides for and organises the continuation of employment contracts in the event of a succession of companies in the performance of a contract, the employees of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 866

Reportable sums bear interest at the legal rate, unless otherwise stipulated. This interest accrues from the opening of the succession when the heir owed it to the deceased and from the day the debt i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Computation of time limits

Article 648

The day of the date of the deed or the day of the opening of the estate is not counted in the time limits set for the performance of the registration formality or the merged formality. When the expiry…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The inventory.

Article 1332

The notarised inventory may also contain: 1° The qualities and rights of those who may claim the community or the succession; 2° Where applicable, the active and passive consitution of the community a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Cooperation agreements.

Article L6134-1

Within the framework of the missions entrusted to them and under the conditions defined by regulation, public or private not-for-profit health establishments may take part in cooperative actions, incl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-11

The national plant variety authority is, for France, the service responsible for the protection of plant varieties within the meaning of the stipulations of article 30(1)(ii) of the International Conv…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Market development

Article R2152-13

The purchaser and the successful tenderer may finalise the components of the contract before it is signed. However, this finalisation may not have the effect of modifying the substantial characteristi…

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