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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal mortgages

Article 2392

Legal mortgages are general or special. The creditor benefiting from a general mortgage may register his right on all immovables currently belonging to his debtor. He may make additional registrations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-5-2

The control officers referred to in 1° of Article L. 8271-1-2 may pass on to the officers of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations any information and documents that may be useful to the latter in ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-44

Subject to the proceedings initiated by the third party opposition referred to in Article L. 611-10, and apart from the judicial authority, to whom the approved agreement and the expert report may be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Delegation of territorial chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-18

Where the existence of areas of economic activity within the boundaries of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry makes this necessary, delegations corresponding to administrative boundaries m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Constitution and organisation of the medical reserve

Article D3132-4

I.-The duration of periods of employment completed as part of the health reserve may not exceed a total of forty-five days per calendar year; this duration may exceptionally be increased to ninety day…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Submission of returns

Article A123-43

Where several amending registrations are related and concern the same registration, they may be made on the same declaration, provided that they are made within the regulatory time limit of one month.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession

Article R4113-25

…n principle, a company for the liberal practice of midwifery has only one practice. The creation or maintenance of a secondary practice, in any form whatsoever, is only possible with the authorisation…

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

Article L2311-3

…nstitute the upper limit of expenditure that may be incurred to finance capital expenditure. They remain valid for an unlimited period until they are cancelled. They may be revised. Payment appropriat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to non-contentious matters.

Article 26

The judge may base his decision on all the facts relating to the case before him, including those that may not have been alleged.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The parties.

Article 558

Waiver may be express or may result from the unreserved enforcement of an unenforceable judgment.Waiver is not effective if, subsequently, another party itself regularly appeals.

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