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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-1

…loan is a contract by which a credit or financial institution grants a natural person a loan in the form of a capital sum or periodic payments, secured by a mortgage on a property owned by the borrowe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis A

…r under the contracts referred to in the second and third paragraphs of I of Article 154 bis in the form of replacement income are taken into account when determining the taxable income of their benef…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-36

…ent of the elections, the acceptance of the resignation or the declaration that it is impossible to form the municipal council. The special delegation elects its chairman and, if applicable, its vice-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-4

As long as no heir has accepted the succession, the mandatary of the succession may only perform the acts mentioned in article 784, with the exception of those provided for in its second paragraph. Th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

Article R331-4

…he number of seats or the surface area reserved for them, are required to make a declaration in the forms and under the conditions set out in articles R. 211-22 to R. 211-26 of the French Internal Sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Recognised foreign markets

Article L423-1

The public may not be solicited, in any form whatsoever and by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for transactions on a foreign market for financial securities other than a regulated market…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-81

At least half of the variable remuneration shall be allocated in the form of shares or equivalent ownership rights and, where applicable, other instruments referred to in Articles 52 or 63 of Regulati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L4212-4

…blic with medicinal plants or parts of medicinal plants, whether indigenous or acclimatised, in the form of a mixture prepared in advance, in the absence of authorisation granted by the Minister for H…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-140

…84 and R. 322-93 to R. 322-106-1, the provisions of section IV of this chapter apply to sociétés à forme tontinière, subject to the exceptions provided for in this section.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-17

…al persons who are nationals of States other than European States, when they are established in the form of a commercial company.

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