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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Accommodation.

Article L4433-22

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion define the actions they intend to carry out in terms of housing, following the opinion or, where appropriate, the proposal of the local authorities, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-3 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 713-17 AND A. 723-23)

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…00-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-3

A global annual credit for trade union time is allocated to all the trade union organisations represented on the Higher Council of Medical, Odontological and Pharmaceutical Staff. Its volume in full-t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual limitation periods.

Article 2254

…n one year or extended to more than ten years.The parties may also, by mutual agreement, add to the causes of suspension or interruption of the limitation period provided for by law.The provisions of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-22

…f admission, the vaccination record and the child's condition at the time of admission and, if applicable, at the time of readmission are recorded; 2° A register in which the children present each day…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-3

…ion, of his own motion or at the request of the parties. The parties who have not submitted an application are notified in advance and invited to make their observations known; the order is made at th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2276

In the case of movable property, possession is equivalent to title. Nevertheless, a person who has lost something or from whom it has been stolen may claim it for three years from the day of the loss…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2242

The interruption resulting from the court application produces its effects until the proceedings are extinguished.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2277

If the present possessor of the stolen or lost thing has purchased it at a fair or market, or at a public sale, or from a merchant selling such things, the original owner may only have it returned by…

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