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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Assumption of commissions payable by beneficiaries of loan guarantees (R)

Article R1511-29

The provisions of articles R. 1511-24, R. 1511-25 and R. 1511-28 are not applicable to the assumption of fees payable by beneficiaries of loan guarantees contracted to carry out the operations provide…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-20

The consumer is entitled to a reduction in price or rescission of the contract in the following cases: 1° Where the trader refuses to bring the digital content or the digital service into conformity;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-11-1

An annex of the town hall created in application of 2° of article L. 2113-11 may be abolished by decision of the municipal council of the new commune, taken after agreement of the delegated mayor and,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discounts

Article A444-174

The discounts provided for in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph of Article L. 444-2 are granted by notaries on the proportional emoluments set out in sub-section 1 of this section in accordanc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-46-1

The liquid financial instruments referred to in XII of article L. 214-28 are: 1° Treasury bills; 2° Money market instruments referred to in 2° of I of article L. 214-24-55 whose remuneration does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Société de gestion du fonds interprofessionnel de l'accès au droit et à la justice (Management company for the inter-professional fund for access to law and justice)

Article R444-39

The Comité consultatif des aides à l'accès au droit et à la justice comprises eight members:1° Two university professors, respectively agrégé de droit and agrégé de sciences économiques, co-chairs of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign national who is a parent of a French national

Article L423-7

A foreign national who is the father or mother of a minor French child residing in France and who proves that he or she has effectively contributed to the child's upkeep and education under the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-5 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-23)

Article Annexe 3-5

Ability test provided for in article R. 321-67 Legal subjects Voluntary and judicial sales: concepts and distinctions; applicable texts. Taxation. Resale rights. Intervention by the State: right of pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-2

Life insurance companies may, with the agreement of the beneficiary of the annuity and under the conditions specified in articles A. 160-3 and A. 160-4, redeem annuities and annuity increases relating…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article A310-1

In accordance with the provisions of III of article L. 310-2-3, foreign companies that have concluded a contract pursuant to 2° of I of article L. 310-2 and are no longer in one of the situations prov…

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