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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-78

…ntration mask;-An isothermal blanket;-evacuation sheets based on the standard model in appendix III-19. The emergency plan is a written document, adapted to the location and the dive, which is regular…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Participation in guarantee companies

Article L2253-7

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2253-1, a municipality, alone or with other local authorities, may participate in the capital of a credit institution or a finance company in the form o…

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

Article L4433-7

…ves assigned to the action of the public collectivities in terms of town planning by the article L. 101-2 of the town planning code. It defines the resulting spatial planning principles, and in partic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 738-2

…xercise a right of reversion, up to the proportional shares fixed in the first paragraph of Article 738, on the property that the deceased had received from them by gift. The value of the portion of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-7

In the event of non-compliance of an application for registration, reasoned notification shall be given to the applicant. The applicant shall be given a period in which to regularise the application o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Changes to the jurisdiction of commercial courts.

Article R741-7

…e in the jurisdiction of two or more commercial courts and subject to the provisions of articles R. 743-162 to R. 743-177, the clerk of the court previously having jurisdiction retains the minutes, re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-7

…Lists are lodged at the prefecture on a date set by the prefect's order provided for in article R. 1425-5. No list may be modified after this date, except in the event of death or ineligibility.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Simple suspension

Article 736

…ations will cease to have effect from the day on which, by application of the provisions of Article 132-35 of the Criminal Code, the conviction will have been deemed null and void. This provision does…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-79

…he form of a direct allocation to help offset the fixed costs incurred by operators of cinemas who :1° Are eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas;2° Are eligible for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Institution of proceedings by application

Article 758

…ed letter with acknowledgement of receipt. In addition to the particulars prescribed by Article 665-1, the summons recalls the provisions of Article 832 and indicates the procedures for appearing befo…

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