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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions governing the work of thanatopractors

Article R2223-132

Preservation care is carried out with respect for the dignity of the deceased: 1° In the preparation room of the technical area of a mortuary under the conditions provided for by article D. 2223-84 ;…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1585

Where goods are not sold en bloc, but by weight, count or measure, the sale is not perfected, in the sense that the things sold are at the seller's risk until they are weighed, counted or measured; bu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Savings banks

Article 1063

Subject to the provisions of 3° of l'article 679, the certificates of ownership and notarial deeds required by the savings banks and the national savings bank to effect the repayment, transfer or rene…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1032

The referring court shall be seised by a declaration made at the registry of that court.Where the referring court is seised by the Public Prosecutor, the declaration shall be made by the person exerci…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1387

In the event of the return to the court registry of a letter of notification for which the acknowledgement of receipt has not been signed under the conditions provided for in Article 670, notification…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Sequestration or judicial deposit.

Article 1963

Judicial sequestration is given either to a person agreed between the interested parties or to a person appointed ex officio by the judge. In either case, the person to whom the thing has been entrust…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1939

In the event of the death of the person who made the deposit, the thing deposited may be returned only to his heir.If there are several heirs, it must be returned to each of them for their share and p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single sub-section: Conditions for holding office as a member of the trade union council.

Article R5212-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sole sub-section: Conditions for holding office as a member of the council of a communauté de communes.

Article R5214-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-16

The specific delegation of authority referred to in 3° of article L. 1441-12 and 2° of article L. 1441-13, enabling professional and managerial staff to be registered in the employers' section, may ta…

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