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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-264

Final decisions placing one of the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 123-253 under guardianship or trusteeship within the meaning of Article 440 of the Civil Code and those which discharge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-20

By virtue of the derogation provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 123-63, savings and provident institutions are not required to apply for secondary registration with the Trade and Compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-21

…the second paragraph of Article R. 123-63, the associations mentioned in article L. 213-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code and which are registered in the Trade and Companies Register are exempt fro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 289

…s placed in free zones may be subject to:1° Loading, unloading, transhipment or storage operations ;2° Handling as provided for in article 153-1 above;3° Processing, working or additional labour, unde…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2063

…procedure agreement shall, on pain of nullity, be contained in a writing that specifies:1° Its term;2° The subject matter of the dispute;3° The documents and information necessary for resolving the di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

…national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police officers;2° Civil servants in the active services of the national police, permanent and probationary, who do…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2417

…ch the notarial deed mentions on pain of nullity. Where applicable, the parties shall assess any indeterminate, contingent or conditional annuities, benefits and rights for this purpose. If the claim…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2391

The mortgage is indivisible, notwithstanding the division of the debt: the co-debtor who owns the mortgaged immovable is, on that immovable, held for the whole; each of the creditors has the whole imm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2385

…is the assignment of a property as security for an obligation without dispossessing the person who sets it up.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2386

Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.

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