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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

…company whose authorisation has been totally withdrawn or which has been struck off the register remains subject to the supervision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution until the l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L632-17

I. - Market infrastructures that disseminate or make available to the Autorité des marchés financiers or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution information relating to transactions in fi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bakers' names and signs

Article L122-17

Professionals who do not themselves ensure, from selected raw materials, the kneading of the dough, its fermentation and shaping as well as the baking of the bread at the place of sale to the final co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-17

In the event of a merger or demerger, the preference shares may be exchanged for shares of the companies benefiting from the transfer of assets and liabilities with equivalent special rights, or accor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1751-1

In the event of dissolution of the civil solidarity pact, one of the partners may apply to the court with jurisdiction over tenancy matters for the right to the lease of premises, not of a professiona…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Royalties payable for oil pipelines (R).

Article R3333-17

The fee payable to a département for the occupation of its public domain by pipelines transporting hydrocarbons or chemical products is set by deliberation of the département council after consulting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

…a company entails the transfer of ownership to the assets of the transferee or the company, without maintaining the appropriation. A notice must be published. The transfer of ownership may not be reli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

…approval decision, the duties due are subject to the late payment interest provided for in article 1727, calculated from the first day of the month following the month in which the duties were due un…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-17

The power of attorney for the purposes of compensation given to the plaintiff in the action by virtue of the interested party's membership of the group shall constitute authority to carry out on behal…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173 quater

In the case of temporary admission for inward processing, the orders and decisions provided for in Article 169 above may authorise: a) the offsetting of temporary admission accounts by products result…

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