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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1391

…t must determine the assets to which the option stipulated in favour of the survivor will apply. It may lay down bases of valuation and terms of payment, except for the reduction in favour of the heir…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Delegation

Article 1336

…er, the delegate, an obligation to a third, the delegatee, who accepts it as a debtor. The delegate may not, unless otherwise stipulated, set up against the delegatee any exception drawn from its rela…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Affixing seals.

Article 1313

…r precious objects for which the affixing of seals would not appear to be sufficient precaution. He may also deposit cash values with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Borrowings issued by the State

Article 132 bis

…The withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of article 125 A interest, arrears and all other proceeds from bonds, public bills and other negotiable debt sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-25

…ts or information required to be submitted as part of the application are missing or incomplete, it may ask all the candidates concerned to complete their application file within an appropriate time l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation, registration and declaration decisions

Article R1333-136

Where the protection of the interests referred to in Article L. 1333-7 so warrants, the Nuclear Safety Authority may at any time require the person responsible for the nuclear activity to comply with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-133

…to nuclear activities subject to declaration, registration or authorisation pursuant to articles R. 1333-108, R. 1333-113 and R. 1333-118 respectively.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Type-approval examination

Article R1333-139

…ion takes account of the advice given by the radiation protection advisor referred to in Article R. 1333-18. The results of these checks and inspections and the corrective action taken to bring the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-138

…to their implementation:1° Any change in the radiation protection advisor referred to in Article R. 1333-18 or Article R. 4451-112 of the Labour Code;2° Any change to the elements of the declaration o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation, registration and declaration decisions

Article R1333-135

The Nuclear Safety Authority may carry out a generic review of the conditions of implementation of a category of nuclear activities. This review is carried out taking into account, in particular, the…

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