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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 951

The donor may stipulate the right of return of the donated objects either for the case of the predecease of the donee alone, or for the case of the predecease of the donee and his descendants. This ri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-4

…ritory of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax authority, the latter may extend the payment of the community solidarity grant to public inter-municipal cooperation estab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-19

…governed by the provisions of articles R. 513-1-A, R. 513-1, R. 513-3, R. 513-4, R. 513-6 to R. 513-12, R. 513-14 and R. 513-15 to R. 513-18, subject to the provisions of this section.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-16

…representative of one of them. The holder of the copyright or related right or their representative may also be present. They shall be informed of the time and place of the sampling and of their optio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-23

…equire special qualifications, or which require the use of products presenting a particular danger, may be reserved for certain laboratories and certain categories of persons meeting specific competen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-7

…ocedures, of charges for water consumption and charges for collective and non-collective sanitation may be entrusted to the same body, which will show the details on the same invoice. In the event of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-5

Articles L. 3132-25 and L. 3132-25-1 do not apply to food retailers who benefit from the provisions of article L. 3132-13. Food retail outlets located in the areas referred to in article L. 3132-24 or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article R762-9

…ject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for in articles R. 762-10 to R. 762-12, or to the applications for authorisation provided for in I of Article L. 310-2. In this case, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-16

…g the sentencing decision and the certificate, the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office may consult the competent authority of the executing State in order to determine, in particular, whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Amending entries

Article R521-16

Where the request for an amended registration relates to information concerning the debtor or the owner of the property when he is not the debtor and which is referred to in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R…

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