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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made abroad or in international arbitration matters

Article 1516

The arbitral award may only be enforced by virtue of an exequatur order issued by the judicial court within whose jurisdiction it was made or by the Paris judicial court where it was made abroad.The p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The procedure for judging the entire dispute

Article 1562

Where the dispute persists in its entirety, the judge may hear it: - either in accordance with the rules governing the procedure applicable before him; - or in accordance with the procedures laid down…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-15

The minimum value of lots is set at 15 euros for sales of goods of any kind, ordered or authorised in the cases provided for by articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. This minimum may be lowered by the cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC and Articles 56 and 110 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. II.The rights of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-15

…sary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Exit

Article R552-15

For the application of the first paragraph of article L. 552-15, if a person remains in the accommodation after the date mentioned in article R. 552-12 or, where applicable, after the expiry of the pe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R743-15

…exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 2020-93 of 5 February 2020 R. 221-3 to R. 221-7 n° 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-8 n° 2011-275 of 16 March 2011 R. 221-8-1 n° 2008-1263 of 4 D…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R744-15

…exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 2020-93 of 5 February 2020 R. 221-3 to R. 221-7 n° 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-8 n° 2011-275 of 16 March 2011 R. 221-8-1 n° 2008-1263 of 4 D…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special procedures for determining the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 D

…etermination of the rental value of industrial fixed assets whose ownership is, pursuant to the loi n° 2014-872 du 4 août 2014 portant réforme ferroviaire, transférée à la SNCF ou à SNCF Réseau, le pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-157

Expansion or reconstruction work and sales of property assets by non-trading property investment companies must comply with the following conditions: 1° In the case of extensions : The cost, including…

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