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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 809

…s of I of l'article 257 :1° Deeds of formation of companies or economic interest groupings which do not contain a transfer of movable or immovable property, between the partners or other persons, are…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-5

…in the part of the territory concerned, the personal situation of the applicant and the identity or status of the persecutor at the time when a decision is taken on the application for asylum shall be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32-3

…rson domiciled on the date of independence in the territory of a State which had previously had the status of an overseas department or territory of the Republic, shall retain its nationality ipso jur…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-5

…record of a French national celebrated by a foreign authority must be transcribed into French civil status registers. In the absence of transcription, the marriage of a French national, validly celebr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption judgment

Article 354

The judgment pronouncing the adoption is mentioned or transcribed in the civil status registers under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The transcription takes the place of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-2

…e heard in this capacity if they so request; if the person is named in a complaint with civil party status, they are notified of this right when they appear before the examining magistrate. Any person…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-4

The Regional Council determines the status, organisational principles and composition of the Regional Tourism Committee. The committee includes delegates from the regional council, one or more delegat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions applicable to tourist offices

Article L133-1

…same municipality or the same public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status, the municipality is authorised to create a tourist office for each of the sites with a prote…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-17

…s of the previous paragraph may apply, under the same conditions, to a member who has acquired this status following a merger, demerger or dissolution.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Assignment of contract

Article 1216

A contracting party, the assignor, may assign his status as a party to the contract to a third party, the assignee, with the agreement of his co-contracting party, the assignee. This agreement may be…

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