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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-13

…on forecast are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 3661-11, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast resu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Electronic voting.

Article D4233-13

At least fifteen days before the election, the president of the regional or central council concerned by this election shall make available to the electors:1° The dates and times of the opening and cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-13

…lity and ensure that the information given is understood. Only in cases of urgency or impossibility may nurses be exempted from their duty to provide information. The patient's wish not to be informed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

…its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located in the priority urban policy neighbourhoods defined in article 5 of La…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-3

When an adverse reaction to a proprietary medicinal product is reported to a company responsible for its parallel distribution, the latter will forward this report to the marketing authorisation holde…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1326

…e assignor has guaranteed the debtor's solvency, this guarantee refers only to current solvency; it may, however, extend to solvency at maturity, but on condition that the assignor has expressly speci…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: The court-appointed estate agent.

Article 1355

The registration provided for in Article 813-3 of the Civil Code is made at the clerk's office of the judicial court within one month of the appointment, on the register mentioned in Article 1334. The…

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

Article 1314

…it them in his office and summon such third parties within a period which he shall fix so that they may attend the opening. If, during the opening, it is revealed that the documents or packages are ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 B

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 1 January of the tax year other than those referred to in article 1391 benefit from an automatic reduction of €100 in property tax on built-up properties relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-13

…national and local level, and its internal regulations; 2° Multiannual strategic guidelines, which may be included in a contract of objectives and resources between the agency and the State; 3° The a…

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