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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-3

In the absence of payment of the secured debt and unless otherwise stipulated in the trust agreement, the trustee, where it is the creditor, acquires free disposal of the property assigned as security…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual mortgages

Article 2416

A mortgage constituted for business purposes by a natural or legal person may subsequently be assigned to guarantee business claims other than those mentioned in the constitutive deed provided that th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-11

…ed. II.-The National Councils may also conclude contracts at a provisional price. In this case, the clauses of the contracts specify: 1° The conditions under which the definitive price will be determi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-10

The anonymity of the staff of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons responsible for examining asylum applications and conducting personal interviews with applicants is…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-3

…441-14 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAVs. SICAVs may not include inalienability clauses. Cross-border mergers of SICAVs are not governed by articles L. 236-25 to L. 236-32 of the F…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-32

…441-14 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAVs. SICAVs may not include inalienability clauses. Cross-border mergers of SICAVs are not governed by articles L. 236-25 to L. 236-32 of the F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-11

Pour l'application à Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon de l'article D. 1432-48, les mots: de la commission permanente, des commissions spécialisées sont remplacés par les mots: de la conférence territoriale de…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-24

The secretariat of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission) sends the candidate an invitation to attend at least fifteen days before…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Other guidelines

Article R5213-87

When the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personnes handicapées (Commission for the Rights and Independence of Disabled People) considers a move to the labour market or to a work-assisted e…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-11

…d worker may provisionally admit the person concerned, subject to forwarding his or her file to the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personnes handicapées within three days. In this case, t…

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