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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784

The parties are required to disclose, in any deed recording an inter vivos transfer free of charge and in any declaration of succession, whether or not there are previous donations granted in any capa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Liens and security interests

Article A743-11

…led 2.24 € 88 Mention of a dispute in the margin of an entry 1.13 € 89 Privilege of social security and supplementary schemes Registration, including total cancellation of a registration that has not…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 792

…in the file; notice is given to the lawyers. However, in the cases provided for in articles 787 to 790, the Pre-Trial Judge shall rule by reasoned order, subject to the rules specific to investigativ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: The monetary unit

Article L111-1

France's currency is the euro. One euro is divided into one hundred centimes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-1

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 112-2 and articles L. 112-3, L. 112-3-1 and L. 112-4, automatic indexation of the prices of goods or services is prohibited. Any clause i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-1-1

The value date of a cheque payment transaction denominated in euros may not differ by more than one business day from the date on which it is booked to a deposit account or a payment account.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-24

When a person has been dispossessed of a promissory cheque by any event whatsoever, the beneficiary who proves his right in the manner indicated in article L. 131-22 is only obliged to dispose of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-25

Persons sued by virtue of the cheque may not raise against the bearer defences based on their personal relationship with the drawer or with previous bearers, unless the bearer, in acquiring the cheque…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-39

…s stated in a currency having the same denomination, but a different value, in the country of issue and in the country of payment, reference is presumed to have been made to the currency of the place…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Crossed cheques

Article L131-46

Cheques issued abroad and payable in France are treated as crossed cheques.

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