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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.

Article 738-2

…re the father and mother or one of them survives the deceased and the latter has no posterity, they may in all cases exercise a right of reversion, up to the proportional shares fixed in the first par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-22

Enforcement of a confiscation order may be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the confiscation order is based on criminal proceedings relating to offences committed in whole or in part withi…

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

Article R714-7

…decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The notification may be accompanied by a proposal for regularisation. This proposal shall be deemed accepted if the a…

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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

…or inter-municipal cooperation comprise twice as many names as there are seats to be filled. No one may be a candidate under different categories. Lists are lodged at the prefecture on a date set by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

I. - Title III of Book I of Part Five is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, as are Articles L. 5141-1 to L. 5141-3 , subject to the adaptations set out in II. Articles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

…rring the business to the said shop, complete the publicity formalities provided for in articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22. If the creditor holding the lien or pledge has not notified an opposition by m…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Recourse to arbitration by purchasers governed by private law

Article L2197-7

…is possible under the conditions defined by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…ure from a criminal conviction or pronounced in the judgment of conviction as an additional penalty may apply to the court that pronounced the conviction or, in the event of multiple convictions, to t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 794

…publication. Without prejudice to the rights reserved to secured creditors, any successor creditor may contest before the judge, within three months of the publicity referred to in the first paragrap…

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