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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-4

…titioners, any balance due is payable in cash. However, in the cases provided for in articles 831-3 and 832, the assignee may require his co-sharers to pay a fraction of the balance, equal to no more…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-4

…er the person concerned to undergo a medical examination before being released. This assessment is mandatory if the conviction was handed down more than two years previously. The sentence enforcement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1711-4

…ondition that the number of members present is at least equal to half that of the members in office and that at least three members having been designated under 1° and 2° of article D. 1711-2.If this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-4

…t risk events: 1° Or via a body set up for this purpose by the establishment's internal regulations and whose members are appointed by the establishment's medical committee, medical conference or medi…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article L163-4

The General Council is responsible for collecting, processing and disseminating data relating to tourism in Mayotte. It coordinates the initiatives of other local authorities as well as public and pri…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to the public contracts mentioned in Title I, with the exception of those relating to the public rail passenger transport service

Article L2521-4

For the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a public contract mentioned in this Book, the provisions of Chapter VII of Title IX of Book I are applicable, with the exception of the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of heirship.

Article 730-4

…ith respect to third parties holding property of the estate, to have free disposal of such property and, if funds are involved, free disposal of them in the proportion indicated in the deed.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Administration of assets owned jointly by several municipalities.

Article L5816-4

The syndicate commission is formed anew after each renewal of the municipal councils. If, in the meantime, a member of the syndicate commission ceases to be a member of the municipal council, he or sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-47

…ain copies of the documents referred to in Article R. 4113-46, the minute books, accounting records and documents and, more generally, any documents held by the company.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-4

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1128-3 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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