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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 122-2, local semi-public sports companies formed before 29 December 1999 may retain their previous legal status. The provisions of articles L. 122-3, L. 12…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-4

UCITS take the form of either open-ended investment companies known as "SICAVs" or unit trusts.UCITS may comprise different classes of units or shares under conditions laid down by the fund rules or t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-20

…ed in accordance with articles L. 2221-1 et seq. of the French Labour Code, may also be paid in the form of holiday vouchers.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Shareholder rights and securities not admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R233-5

…R. 221-30 to R. 221-32, the sale is made in the form of an auction.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 911

…erson who is incapable of receiving free of charge is null and void, whether it is disguised in the form of an onerous contract or made in the name of interposed natural or legal persons.In the absenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1019

…quisitions, such acquisitions, even if contiguous, shall not, without a new provision, be deemed to form part of the legacy. The same shall not apply to embellishments, or new constructions made on th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Notification to the assigning accountant

Article R2191-55

…L. 313-28 of this code is sent to the assigning public accountant designated in the contract in the form provided for in article R. 313-17 of the said code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article L244-2

…mortisation or reduction, merger, demerger, dissolution or conversion into a company of a different form is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-39-1

Where the patent application has been filed in the form of a provisional application, the written request referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 612-39 must be accompanied, on pain of inadmi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-6

Any additional information provided to the borrower by the creditor or credit intermediary, in particular in the event of application of the rules relating to canvassing or those relating to credit co…

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