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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 758-3

Any heir may invite the spouse in writing to exercise his or her option. In the absence of a written decision within three months, the spouse is deemed to have opted for the usufruct.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757-3

By way of derogation from article 757-2, in the event of the predecease of the father and mother, the property which the deceased had received from his ascendants by succession or gift and which is in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III-1: Sale of buildings to be constructed.

Article 1601-3

…t by which the seller immediately transfers to the purchaser his rights over the land and ownership of the existing buildings. Future works become the property of the purchaser as and when they are co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-3

…accident, an iatrogenic condition or a nosocomial infection entitles the patient and, in the event of death, his heirs to compensation for damages under national solidarity schemes, when they are dir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-3

…the Government are treated in the same way as a State-issued pharmacist's diploma for the practice of pharmacy in the départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-3

I.- Subject to the provisions of article L. 4061-1, persons who have obtained the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation required to practise the profession of medical physicist, prior to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-3

The evidence of formal qualifications required in application of article L. 4311-2 is, for the practice of the profession of nurse responsible for general care :1° Either the French state nurse's dipl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4371-3

…p by the ministers responsible for health and higher education. The training procedures, conditions of access, assessment procedures and conditions for the award of these diplomas, certificates or qua…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the method of distribution

Article 311-7

…° Or for initial availability to the public on an on-demand audiovisual media service.The condition of initial broadcast or initial availability to the public is not required for the eligibility of au…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to the cumulation of aid

Article 312-52

The same project may not, for the same expenditure, benefit from both aid granted in application of this chapter and other aid granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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