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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-80

The representatives of the Corsican regional authority are elected to the Assembly of Corsica under the same conditions as the representatives of the département in accordance with the provisions of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

The Board of Directors is chaired by the President of the Corsican Executive Council or one of the members of the Executive Council appointed by the President of the Executive Council or one of the me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° : Private deeds - Filing a duplicate at the office

Article 849

Parties who draw up a private deed subject to registration within a specified period must draw up a duplicate copy bearing the same signatures as the deed itself, which remains deposited with the tax…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Securities, sums or assets on deposit. Amounts due as a result of death. Obligations of depositaries or debtors

Article 807

III of article 806, with the exception of its third and last paragraphs, is applicable to public administrations, institutions, bodies, companies, firms or persons designated in I of l'article 806 who…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Securities, sums or assets on deposit. Amounts due as a result of death. Obligations of depositaries or debtors

Article 806

I. - Public administrations, any establishments or bodies subject to the control of the administrative authority, companies or firms, investment service providers other than portfolio management compa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Extracts of deeds

Article 860

Notaries, bailiffs, court registrars, lawyers and administrative authorities must, for deeds and judicial decisions that contain provisions subject to land publicity and for attestations after death,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Real estate and similar companies

Article 828

I. - The following shall be registered free of charge:1° (Repealed).2° Deeds by which companies which have operated in accordance with the object defined in article 1655 ter increase their capital, ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 809

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of l'article 257 :1° Deeds of formation of companies or economic interest groupings which do not contain a transfer of movable or immovable property, between the pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Public acts

Article 855

A mention shall be made in all copies of public, civil or judicial acts, which must be registered on the minutes and copies referred to in I of l'article 658, of the receipt of duties, by a literal an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-8

In the event of a civil conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products, the materials and instruments used p…

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