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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis : Inheritance tax. Exemption for property and property rights located in Corsica

Article 1135 bis

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, for successions opened between the date of publication of loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse and 31 December 2012, immovable property and immov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-11

…ares must be transmitted within five trading days of the signing of the agreement or amendment introducing the clause concerned, to the company and to the Autorité des marchés financiers. Failing tran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

Access to certain categories of sources mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1333-1, the transport of such sources or access to information relating to the means and measures implemented to protect against m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Gas distribution and transport (R).

Article R2333-114-1

…es on gas transmission network structures and public gas distribution networks, as well as on individual gas pipelines, is set by the municipal council, the community council or the syndicate committe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-11

I.-The geographical and technical areas of activity of the Etablissement Français du Sang are determined by it, in accordance with the provisions relating to the national blood transfusion master plan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

I.-The professionals in a sector, customers and suppliers, may jointly decide to reduce the maximum payment period set in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10. They may al…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-118

…y in the Articles of Association, meetings are convened in accordance with the article 40 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R784-11

…R. 613-10 to R. 613-12no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-13no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-15n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 Novemb…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Accountant's accounts

Article D4342-11

The management account submitted by the region's accounting officer presents the region's accounting position at 31 December of the financial year, including the transactions of the additional day.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R782-11

…R. 613-10 to R. 613-12no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-13no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-15n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 613-16no. 2014-1315 of 3 Novemb…

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