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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-6

…ew legal entity. The same applies to an extension. Persons who have acted on behalf of a company in formation before it has acquired legal personality are held jointly and severally and indefinitely l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1311-14

…ts concerning rights in rem in immovable property as well as leases entered into, in administrative form, by these authorities and public establishments.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1311-13

…real estate file, deeds concerning real property rights as well as leases, passed in administrative form by these authorities and public establishments. When the procedure for receiving and authentica…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26

…received by the director of the court registry services of the judicial court or by the consul. The forms in which these declarations are received are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.A rece…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 572

…has used in part the material which belonged to him and in part that which did not belong to him to form a thing of a new kind, without either of the two materials being entirely destroyed, but in suc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 203

…by different persons, even at different times and in different places, but as a result of a concert formed in advance between them, or when the guilty parties have committed some of them in order to o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article R113-3

In support of their grant applications, sports associations or the companies they form must provide the following documents: 1° Balance sheets and profit and loss accounts for the last two financial y…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-180

The fonds commun de titrisation is a securitisation vehicle set up in the form of a co-ownership. The fund does not have legal personality. The provisions of the Civil Code relating to joint ownership…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-1

…and that its decision is justified by objective factors unrelated to any harassment. The judge will form his opinion after ordering, if necessary, any investigative measures he deems useful.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1144-1

…that its decision is justified by objective factors unrelated to any discrimination. The judge will form his or her opinion after ordering, if necessary, any investigative measures that he or she deem…

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