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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-10

…otwithstanding the first paragraph of Article L. 711-7, a regional chamber of commerce and industry may, by agreement, entrust to a territorial or departmental chamber of commerce and industry in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094-3

The children or descendants may, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary by the disposing party, require, as regards the property subject to the usufruct, that an inventory of the movable prop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-10

Only centres that have received the authorisation referred to in VIII of Article L. 2131-1, issued by decision of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after consultation with the Agenc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-10

I.-To carry out its duties, the Audit Committee may be assisted by rapporteurs appointed from among the members of the Council of State and the body of advisors to administrative courts and administra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-101

…essional ; 3° Professional qualifications and titles corresponding to the activity carried out; 4° Details of the practice structures. The lists may be consulted, in each département, on the premises…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-10

…e playback of a work, videogram, programme, phonogram or press publication and the limitations that may be placed on the benefit of the private copy exception mentioned in 2° of l'article L. 122-5 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and certain States

Article 695-10

The provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter II shall apply to requests for mutual assistance between France and the other States party to any convention containing stipulations similar to those of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1009-2

…ted by an act unequivocally expressing the intention to enforce.The First President or his delegate may, even of his own motion, after inviting the parties to present their observations, declare the l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-105

No one may be both expert doctor and treating doctor for the same patient. A doctor must not accept a mission of expertise in which his own interests are at stake, or those of one of his patients, one…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L771-10

A personal overindebtedness commission sits in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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