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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-10

The acts pronouncing the modification of the territorial boundaries of the communes determine all the conditions thereof other than those provided for in article L. 2112-7. When the required act is a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

The lot of certain beneficiaries may be made up, in whole or in part, of donations, either subject to return or made outside their share, already received by them from the disposing person, having reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of joint conciliation commissions

Article R1110-10

The Commission may only sit if at least one member from each of the categories mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 1110-9 is present, and provided that parity is respected between the members from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trial period.

Article L1242-10

A fixed-term employment contract may include a trial period.Unless lesser periods are provided for by custom or by agreement, this trial period may not exceed a period calculated on the basis of one d…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER I: REGISTRATION AND NATIONALITY OF AIRCRAFT.

Article L121-10

Entry in the registration register is equivalent to a title. The register is public and anyone may obtain a certified copy.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R221-10

Seizure operations may not commence until eight days have elapsed from service of the summons to pay.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 100 bis

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise may lay down simplified customs clearance procedures providing, in particular, that certain particulars of itemised declarations are to b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-10

…last paragraph of article L. 623-9, the bans prescribed in the first paragraph of the said article may be extended, at the request of the Minister for Defence, for a renewable period of one year. Ext…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-10

No burials may take place in churches, temples, synagogues, hospitals, public chapels, and generally in any enclosed and closed buildings where citizens gather for the celebration of their faiths, nor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-10

The President of the Territorial Council, by delegation of the Territorial Council, may be entrusted, for the duration of his or her term of office, with taking any decision concerning the preparation…

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