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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1696

Any person who sells an estate without specifying the objects in detail is only required to warrant his capacity as heir.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-121

The application for a parallel import authorisation is accompanied by a dossier comprising : 1° A sample of the proprietary medicinal product which has obtained marketing authorisation in France and a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L321-25

Persons practising the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction on a permanent basis in their country of origin shall use, in France, their capacity expressed in the language or one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Automated external defibrillators

Article L5233-1

A national database on the location and accessibility of automated external defibrillators throughout France is created using information supplied by the operators of these devices to a body designate…

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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

…views with applicants is guaranteed. L. 512-2 of this code or iii of 2 of Article 1 of the New York Convention of 28 September 1954.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-7

…brought by the proprietor of a well-known trademark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall be barred after five years from the date…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-5-3

The Department of Mayotte may, under the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, appoint public servants to represent it at French diplomatic missions. It shall offer the public servants…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 384

…bject to legal administration. The third party administrator has the powers conferred on him by the gift, the will or, failing that, those of a legal administrator. When the third-party administrator…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2321-1

…he grant finances movable property, equipment or studies, thirty years when the grant finances real estate or installations, and forty years when the grant finances infrastructure projects of national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.

Article R743-171

…e same period.Net revenue is equal to the revenue collected by the office, as used to calculate the taxation of profits, less disbursements paid on behalf of clients and fees retroceded.The operating…

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