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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article R3321-4

I.-For the application of 3° of a of article L. 3332-1, the department may allocate to reserves a fraction of the revenue from transfer duties for valuable consideration that it recognises in respect…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930-4

Revocation never takes place ipso jure. The application for revocation is made within one year, from the day of the opening of the succession, if it is based on neediness. It is made within one year,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R424-4

The dry matter, the weight of which is the basis for the tax provided for in II of article L. 425-1, is made up of the sludge or similar materials mentioned in article R. 424-1, minus the reagents inc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies

Article L236-4

The merger takes effect:1° In the case of the creation of one or more new companies, on the date of registration, in the Trade and Companies Register, of the new company or the last of them ;2° In oth…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article L721-4

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-4

In the event that the practitioner who prescribed the hospitalisation requests communication of the file, this communication may only take place with the agreement of the patient, the person with pare…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reducing human exposure to gamma radiation from construction materials in buildings

Article R1333-44

An order of the ministers responsible for radiation protection and construction defines the conditions under which the technical guidelines for use impose specific requirements on the use of construct…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of occupational therapist and psychomotricist

Article D4333-4

On the basis of the processing implemented as part of the procedures for authorising the practice, management or monitoring of the activity of occupational therapists and psychomotricians, the compete…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-4

A stipulation by which the author undertakes to grant a preferential right to a publisher for the publication of his future works of clearly determined genres is lawful. This right is limited for each…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-41

The person under investigation or the witness may, within ten days of being informed of the content of the geolocation operations carried out within the framework provided for in article 230-40, conte…

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