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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

I. - Dispositions inter vivos or by will for the benefit of health establishments, social and medico-social establishments or establishments of public utility shall only have effect insofar as they ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-9

…creditors who do not have the status of members of the company or companies being acquired in place and stead of the latter, without such substitution entailing novation in respect of them. This provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 936

The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 935

For the application of the present code to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin: 1° The words: "the department" are replaced by the words: "the local authority"; 2° In the absence of adaptations provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 937

Persons remanded in custody until their appearance before the court may be held in a premises other than a prison until the third working day following the order prescribing detention at the latest. F…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

TABLE SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES R. 752-16 AND R. 752-38 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODEYou can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L2331-9

The provisions of 2° of article L. 2331-6 and those of 7° of article L. 2331-8 will come into force as from the 1997 financial year for fixed assets acquired as from 1 January 1996. For financial year…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-1-1)

Article Annexe 8-9

…dance with this appendix:ADMISSIBILITYFirst testAccountingI. - IntroductionA. - History, definition and role of accounting:Diversity in time and space of accounting models.Accounting-economy relations…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 978

…t from the tax on real estate wealth, up to a limit of €50,000, 75% of the amount of cash donations and full ownership donations of company securities admitted to trading on a French or foreign regula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-1

…ners working in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to contributions to th…

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