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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-20

…here the holder does not hold any other account within the same credit institution, the date of the last payment.For inactive accounts mentioned in 2° of I of the same article: the date of death of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-4-4

…er, Millau, Rodez. Narbonne. Carcassonne, Narbonne. Perpignan. Perpignan. Nancy Court of Appeal Epinal. Epinal, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Nancy. Bar-le-Duc, Val de Briey, Nancy, Verdun. Nîmes Court of App…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 792-0 bis

…that share shall be subject to death duties on gratuitous transfers at the rate applicable to the last bracket in Table I of Article 777 ;c) The value of the assets, rights or capitalised income pla…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-55-1

…e actions carried out for the purpose of fulfilling their continuing training obligation during the last calendar year that has elapsed or, where applicable, the last two years that have elapsed. Supp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1716 bis

…lculated from the first day of the month following the month in which the duties were due until the last day of the month of payment.When the State accepts the goods offered in payment for a discharge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-5

…number of units or shares of the fund or sub-fund in question.It is determined on the basis of the last published net asset value or the last estimated value calculated by the management company, or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-6

…al statements, at individual and, where applicable, consolidated and sub-consolidated level for the last three financial years, approved, where audited, by a statutory auditor, including the balance s…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Embryo and embryonic stem cell research

Article R2443-1

…of each of the members of the couple or the surviving member of the couple, as provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2131-4 and articles L. 2141-3, L. 2141-4 and L. 2151-5, are carried out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-16

…iture" chapter, which only includes a programme authorisation with no payment appropriations. These last three chapters only contain forecasts that have not been implemented. b) Operating section: -fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-13

…tion in one or more of the professional specialities for which registration is requested within the last three years; 6° Be resident within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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