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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075-2

…shares in a company carrying on an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity and in which he or she exercises a managerial function, the disposing person may, in the form of a s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-2

Payment must be made to the creditor or to the person designated to receive it.Payment made to a person who was not entitled to receive it is nevertheless valid if the creditor ratifies it or if he ha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: Change of matrimonial property regime.

Article 1300-2

…he margin of the marriage certificate. The notary sends the civil registrar an extract from the act and a certificate drawn up by the notary specifying the date on which the formalities of information…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1546-2

…reement between all the parties to the appeal proceedings interrupts the time limits for concluding and lodging a cross-appeal referred to in Articles 905-2 and 908 to 910. The interruption of these t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2291-1

A sub-guarantee is a contract by which a person undertakes to pay the guarantor what the debtor may owe him under the guarantee..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331-1

The privileges of the Treasury and the Social Security funds are determined by the laws that concern them.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and missions

Article R211-2-1

…lti-annual performance contract with the Minister for Sport, defining the objectives assigned to it and the associated indicators.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and missions

Article R211-1-2

The Minister for Sport exercises the powers devolved to the Minister for Higher Education and the Academic Regional Rector by articles L. 711-8, L. 712-8, L. 719-4, L. 719-5, L. 719-7, L. 719-8, L. 71…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L811-11-2

Statutory auditors shall inform the authorities entrusted with the supervision, inspection and control of court-appointed administrators of the results of their assignment and report any anomalies or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-2

…nt concerning the operation of the metropolitan authority, the policies it pursues on its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation and contribute to achieving the s…

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