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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-19

Assets and liabilities must be valued separately. No offsetting may be made between asset and liability items in the balance sheet or between expense and income items in the income statement, except i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-31

Brokerage fees for public sales and the amount of fees payable to a sworn goods broker for the valuation of goods deposited in a general shop are set in accordance with the conditions laid down by ord…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-3

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to emphyteutic leases, except as regards the revision of the rent. However, they shall apply, in the cases provided for in articles L. 145-1 and L. 145-2, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-66

The Chairman of the Management Board or, where applicable, the sole Managing Director represents the company in its dealings with third parties. However, the Articles of Association may empower the Su…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to any credit transaction referred to in 6° of article L. 311-1, whether concluded for valuable consideration or free of charge and, where applicable, to its guara…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-18

The credit agreement offer is drawn up on paper or on another durable medium. It shall be provided in as many copies as there are parties and, where applicable, to each of the guarantors. Delivery or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIa: Profits on forward financial instruments

Article 150 duodecies

In the event of a gift of securities as provided for in I of article 978 , the net gain corresponding to the difference between the value of the securities used to determine the tax advantage provided…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-4

Family reunification may be applied for in respect of the applicant's children under the age of eighteen and those of the applicant's spouse, who are entrusted, as appropriate, to one or the other, by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Invalidity of deeds on formal grounds.

Article 114

No procedural act may be declared null and void on the grounds of a defect in form unless its nullity is expressly provided for by law, except in the case of failure to observe a substantial formality…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 104

Appeals against rulings on lis pendens or related actions by courts of first instance are lodged and decided in the same way as for pleas of lack of jurisdiction. In the event of multiple appeals, the…

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