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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 219

…acts, in the exercise of the powers resulting from the matrimonial property regime, the conditions and extent of such representation being determined by the judge. In the absence of legal authority,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 218

One spouse may give a mandate to the other to represent him or her in the exercise of the powers conferred on him or her by the matrimonial property regime. In all cases, they may freely revoke this m…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions for import and export.

Article 21

…f external tension when circumstances so require, the Government may regulate or suspend the import and export of certain goods, by decrees issued by the Council of Ministers. These decrees are made o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…n the case of sociétés coopératives de consommation, bonuses arising from transactions with members and distributed to the latter in proportion to the order of each of them; 2° In the case of sociétés…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-17

Subject to the exceptions provided for in Articles 21-18, 21-19 and 21-20, naturalisation may only be granted to a foreigner who can prove habitual residence in France for the five years preceding the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-19

…wn as an allonge. It must be signed by the endorser. The endorser's signature is affixed either by hand or by any non-handwritten method. The endorsement may not name the beneficiary or may simply con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-19

…lly or through gross negligence failed to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 133-16 and L. 133-17.V. - Unless he has acted fraudulently, the payer shall bear no financial consequences…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-19

…h order to trade, sell or transfer a financial security registered in an account held by the issuer and admitted to trading by a central depository, or for any other change affecting the registration…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-19

…on the case, by article L. 225-251, the second paragraph of article L. 225-253, articles L. 225-254 and L. 225-257 of the French Commercial Code. When an association issues bonds and meets the criteri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-19

UCITS must provide the Banque de France with the information required to compile monetary statistics.

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