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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-1

Payments made or received by a notary on behalf of the parties to a deed received in authentic form and giving rise to land publicity must be made by bank transfer. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat spec…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1525

…ual shares and the full allocation clause are not deemed to be donations, either in substance or in form, but simply marriage agreements and agreements between partners. Unless otherwise stipulated, t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1843-2

…of each shareholder in the share capital are proportional to his contributions when the company is formed or during its existence. Industrial contributions do not contribute to the formation of the s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-5

…money institutions, payment institutions and financial holding companies, regardless of their legal form.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Housing information and assistance committee

Article L2315-50

…in Article L. 2315-45, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, an employee housing information and assistance committee is set up within the social and economic committee. Undertakings…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-3

…company or at the workplace, is subject to compensation. This compensation is granted either in the form of rest or in financial terms.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Contractual clauses

Article R3135-1

…ts, regardless of their amount, have been provided for in the initial contractual documents, in the form of clear, precise and unequivocal review clauses or options.These clauses indicate the scope an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-20

…disqualified from directing, managing, administering or controlling a commercial undertaking of any form, or a non-trading legal person governed by private law, the grouping is dissolved, unless its c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-15

…n Article L. 733-12 shall be published by the registry of the judicial court in accordance with the forms provided for in Article R. 723-2. Failing agreement between the parties, the Protection Litiga…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 B

A fixed contribution of €8 shall be levied for any amending or supplementary forms filed pursuant to paragraph 3 of article 34 of decree n° 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 taken for the application of decr…

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