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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-71

Any banker may, by reasoned decision, refuse to issue to an account holder cheque forms other than those issued for a withdrawal of funds by the drawer from the drawee or for certification. It may, at…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 561

Islands and landings that form in non-domain watercourses belong to the riparian owners on the side where the island has formed: if the island is not formed on one side only, it belongs to the riparia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

…of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a société coopérative de commerçants détaillants governed by the provisions of this chapter,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-20

For small and medium-sized cinemas, the part of the aid awarded in the form of a grant corresponds to 7/12ths of the total amount of aid awarded and the part of the aid awarded in the form of an advan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Amending entries

Article R521-17

…receipt of the documents referred to in articles R. 521-13 and R. 521-14, the registrar enters the formality in the register, noting the changes recorded on the forms and the date of the amending for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Availability of savings

Article L224-5

…4-1 : 1° The rights corresponding to the sums mentioned in 3° of article L. 224-2 are issued in the form of a life annuity; 2° The rights corresponding to the other payments are delivered, at the choi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-77

The date after which voting forms received by the Company will no longer be taken into account may not be more than three days before the date of the General Meeting, unless a shorter period is provid…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-18

…l cash flow statement and each of the provisional profit and loss accounts are presented in summary form, by title, and in detailed form, by chapter.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 570

If a craftsman or any other person has used material which did not belong to him to form a thing of a new kind, whether or not the material can return to its first form, the person who was the owner o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of sale

Article L3512-13

…exception of those intended to be smoked or chewed, consisting wholly or partly of tobacco, in the form of powder, fine particles or any combination of these forms, in particular those presented in p…

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