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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-112

The joint ownership agreement (number 89 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° Where the value of the basis of assessment defined in article A. 444-54 is less than or equal to €29,800, a fixe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-98

Sales of HLM premises for rental use (numbers 62 to 64 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee, the rate of which depends on the type of sale, according to the following scale: B…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 362

The adopter has sole parental authority over the adopted child, including the right to consent to the marriage of the adopted child. The rights of parental authority are exercised by the adopter(s) un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-16

Each trade union section has, for the benefit of its trade union delegate(s) and the employees of the company called upon to negotiate the company agreement or arrangement, with a view to preparing th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Membership.

Article L2261-3

Any representative trade union organisation of employees and any trade union organisation or association of employers or individual employers may join an agreement. However, if the activity in which t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team.

Article L3132-16

In industries or industrial undertakings, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended collective labour agreement may stipulate that operational staff work in two groups, one of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-8

Any filing that does not include at least one copy of the application for registration containing the mention provided for in a of 1° of Article R. 512-3 and at least one copy of the graphic or photog…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1680

Taxes of any kind and revenue recovered by an enforcement order, mentioned in article L. 252 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, are payable in cash, up to a limit of €300, as the case may be, at the cas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-120

A veterinary surgeon who prescribes medicinal products containing substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action for farm animals shall record the following information in chronolog…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-4-1

The credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in this chapter shall indicate in their annual report the amount and characteristics of the loans they finance or distribute as defined in III o…

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