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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 76

The marriage certificate will state: 1° The forenames, surnames, occupations, ages, dates and places of birth, domiciles and residences of the spouses; 2° The forenames, surnames, occupations and domi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

I. - If the payer's payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Saint-Barthélemy and the payee's payment service provider is located outside France, regardless of the currency u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L2313-1

The commune's budgets remain deposited at the town hall and, where applicable, at the annexed town hall where they are made available on site to the public within fifteen days of their adoption or, wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

The judicial police officer, acting in the course of an investigation or on the basis of a letter rogatory, may proceed against any person against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence of ha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

The special negotiating body takes its decisions by an absolute majority of its members, who must also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating parties and of the subsidiar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

The special negotiating body takes its decisions by an absolute majority of its members, which must also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating companies, subsidiaries an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

The coefficients applicable to works in the fiction genre are determined as follows:I. - The works are divided into two groups:1° First group: works whose French hourly expenditure is equal to or grea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-1

In companies which are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the French Labour Code, when the owner of a shareholding representing more than 50% of the shares in a lim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793 bis

The partial exemption provided for in 4° of 1 and 3° of 2 of article 793 is subject to the condition that the property remains the property of the donee, heir and legatee for five years from the date…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G bis

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from…

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