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French Insurance CodeIn force
Common provisions.

Article R334-1-1

…index and rounded up to the nearest multiple of 100,000 euros. If the change in the index since the last adjustment is less than 5%, these amounts are not revised.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of amounts credited to the automatic video publishing account

Article 611-12

…videograms of the cinematographic works concerned.The declaration is made within six months of the last day of the month in question. After this date, the turnover for the month in question cannot be…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Partial final settlement

Article R2391-20-1

…or final partial payment is due, the purchaser shall make a provisional payment on the basis of the last known references. The parties may nevertheless agree to calculate payments, including the balan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-79

…performed on a working day. Where one of these acts must be performed within a certain period, the last day of which is a legal public holiday, that period is extended until the first working day fol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 11: Intervention.

Article L511-68

…have a protest drawn up, if necessary, in default of payment at the latest on the day following the last day admitted for the drawing up of the protest. If no protest is drawn up within this period, t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 754 A

…under which the share of the first deceased(s) will revert to the survivors in such a way that the last surviving will be considered the sole owner of all the property is, from a tax point of view, d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-34

…h of the collectivities and groupings concerned and the national population, as it results from the last population census. The amount of this quota evolves at least in line with the total amount of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The proceedings.

Article 861-1

…of thereof shall be provided to the court within the time limit set by the court. At the end of the last hearing, the court registry informs the parties of the date on which the judgment will be hande…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Proceedings for judgment

Article 831

…is shall be provided to the judge within the time limit that he or she shall set. At the end of the last hearing, the court registry informs the parties of the date on which the judgment will be hande…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-20

…Moselle, a creditor's objection to the merger or demerger shall be lodged within thirty days of the last insertion prescribed by article 30-18. The competent court to receive objections lodged pursuan…

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