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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

I. - No person may, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L714-1

I.-When the tenant has resumed payment of the rent and service charges and, during the period of time allowed for payment of the rental debt granted by a decision of the judge seised pursuant to Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594-0 G

Subject to article 691 bis, the following are exempt from land registration tax or registration fees: A. I. - Acquisitions of real estate made by a taxable person within the meaning of article 256 A,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-1

I. - The transfer of competencies from a commune to a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation entails the transfer of the department or part of the department responsible for its implement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-46

Insofar as they are necessary for the purposes defined in article R. 40-43, the following personal data and information may be stored in the automated processing system: 1° For electronic communicatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-177

Deeds and formalities relating to the land register décret n° 2009-1193 du 7 octobre 2009relatif au livre foncier et à son informatisation dans les départements du Bas-Rhin, du Haut-Rhin et de la Mose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe II

(APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 762-3)DECLARATION FORM FOR A COMMERCIAL EVENT PROGRAMME HELD IN A REGISTERED EXHIBITION PARK(Articles L. 762-1 et R. 762-5 du code de commerce)Identification of the exhibition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe III

(APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 762-3)AMENDING DECLARATION FORM FOR A COMMERCIAL EVENT PROGRAMME HELD IN A REGISTERED EXHIBITION PARK(Articles L. 762-1 and R. 762-7 du code de commerce)Identification of the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

Victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis B or C virus or the human T-lymphotropic virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal prod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

Compulsory expenditure includes in particular: 1° The upkeep of the town hall or, if the municipality does not own one, the rental of a house or hall to take its place; 2° Office and printing costs fo…

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