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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-6

I.- Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may apply a volatility adjustment to the relevant risk-free interest rate curve to be used in calculating the best estimate referred to in Article R. 351-2.F…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 618

The usufruct may also cease through the abuse that the usufructuary makes of his enjoyment, either by committing damage to the land, or by allowing it to decay for lack of maintenance. The creditors o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 642

He who has a spring in his land may always use the waters at his will within the limits and for the needs of his inheritance. The owner of a spring may no longer use it to the prejudice of the owners…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 603

In the absence of a surety from the usufructuary, the owner may require that the furniture which withers through use be sold, for the price of it to be placed like that of commodities; and then the us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Children with variations in genital development

Article L2131-6

…the specialised centres of reference for rare diseases, under the conditions laid down inarticle L. 1151-1. This consultation establishes the diagnosis as well as the possible therapeutic proposals, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-62

To enable the cross-border exchange of the health data referred to in Article R. 1111-55 in a comprehensible format, automated processing is implemented under the joint responsibility of the National…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 11: Taking samples

Article 67 quinquies B

…ted under European customs regulations or as part of the application of this Code, customs officers may take samples or have samples taken for analysis or expert appraisal, under conditions laid down…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Use and habitation

Article 630

A person who has the use of the fruits of land may only demand as much as he needs for his needs and those of his family. He may demand it for the needs even of children who have arisen to him since t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 640

…er that flows naturally from them without the hand of man having contributed to it. The lower owner may not raise a dyke that prevents this flow. The higher owner may do nothing that aggravates the ea…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-11

In the event of a civil conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products and the materials and implements used…

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