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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10

…the provisions applicable to them, including those set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on over-the-counter derivatives, c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1050

The rights of the second grantee open on the death of the grantee. However, the grantee may abandon, in favour of the second grantee, the enjoyment of the property or right which is the subject of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-10-1

…In the case of medicines for which a doctor's prescription is compulsory, these are prescribed and may be dispensed and administered by a doctor or midwife; they may also be dispensed and administere…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

…the terms and conditions of sale or agreed between the parties, the period for payment of sums due may not exceed thirty days after the date of receipt of the goods or performance of the service requ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1029

The executor shall take any precautionary measures useful for the proper execution of the will. He may cause an inventory of the estate to be made, in the manner provided for in Article 789, whether o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1054

If the encumbered person is a reserved heir of the disposing person, the charge may only be imposed on the available portion. The donee may, however, accept, in the deed of gift or subsequently in a d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Residual gifts.

Article 1059

The first beneficiary may not dispose of the property given or bequeathed as a residual gift by will. The residual gift may prohibit the first beneficiary from disposing of the property by gift inter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1026

The executor may be relieved of his duties on serious grounds by the court.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment of ancillary measures

Article 1085

The judge may request communication of the file to the court that pronounced the divorce.

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