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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-21

All expenditure must be settled and authorised during the financial year to which it relates. Expenditure by the Autorité des marchés financiers shall be settled by the Accounting Officer on the order…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4411-73

The supplier of a hazardous substance or mixture shall provide the recipient of that substance or mixture with a safety data sheet that complies with the requirements of Title IV and Annex II of Regul…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-2

Family habilitation may only be ordered by the judge in cases of necessity and when the interests of the person cannot be sufficiently provided for by applying the rules of the ordinary law of represe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-2

An order by the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Agence de la biomédecine and the Haute Autorité de santé, defines the rules of good practice applicable to the prescription and perfo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central services and inspection

Article L1421-4

Administrative and technical control of hygiene rules is the responsibility of : 1° The mayor is responsible for the general hygiene rules laid down, in application of Chapter I of Title I of Book III…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-13

The capital sum or annuity payable on the death of the contracting party to a specified beneficiary is not subject to the rules governing equitable inheritance or to the rules governing reduction on t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the establishment of a relay facility

Article L311-36

The decision of the college of resolution ordering the transfer of the portfolio of insurance contracts, operations or subscription forms for contracts or regulations to a bridge institution is publis…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The amicable settlement hearing

Article 774-4

At the end of the hearing, the parties may ask the judge in charge of the amicable settlement hearing, assisted by the Registrar, to record their agreement, in whole or in part, under the conditions o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the curator.

Article 810-4

The curator alone is authorised to pay the creditors of the succession. He is only obliged to pay the debts of the estate up to the amount of the assets. He may only pay, without waiting for the propo…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R331-19

In the disciplines for which they have been delegated, the sports federations mentioned in article L. 131-16 issue the technical and safety rules applicable to the events and practice sites mentioned…

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