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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 112-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 112-2 and in accordance with procedures defined by decree, the following may be indexed t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-7

Owners of properties subject to the obligation to connect to the public wastewater collection network in application of article L. 1331-1 may be required by the municipality, the Lyon metropolitan are…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article 211-73

Production companies have two years from the date of notification of the investment authorisation to obtain investment authorisation. For works belonging to the animation genre, this period is four ye…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

I. - Dispositions inter vivos or by will for the benefit of health establishments, social and medico-social establishments or establishments of public utility shall only have effect insofar as they ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-3

I. - The granting of the guarantee, except when it is granted to a credit institution, finance company, insurance and reinsurance company, mutual insurance company and provident institution, under Fre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-4

The cases in which, pursuant to article L. 3334-14, the rights built up under the collective retirement savings plan for the benefit of employees may, at their request, exceptionally be liquidated bef…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation conditions

Article R5125-9

I.-The part of the dispensary accessible to the public includes: 1° A clearly delineated area for receiving customers and dispensing medicines, allowing conversations to be held away from third partie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-13

The publication of the extract or notice made pursuant to the preceding article must, on pain of nullity, be preceded either by the registration of the deed containing the transfer, unless it is an au…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

Remuneration for library lending is distributed as follows: 1° A first share is divided equally between authors and their publishers on the basis of the number of copies of books purchased each year,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-87

With regard to the long-term holiday product contracts mentioned in article L. 224-70, payment shall be made in accordance with a staggered payment schedule from which no exceptions may be made. Payme…

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