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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-7

…the total surface area of the group's forest holdings. If these conditions are not met, the forest estate must meet at least two of the following three criteria: 1° Each composition class, in particu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Loan guarantees.

Article L4253-1

…r surety to a person governed by private law under the conditions set out in this article.The total amount of annual instalments, already guaranteed or guaranteed to fall due during the financial year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

…legislation applicable to the State's domain and those of persons who die without an heir or whose estates have been abandoned. The public maritime domain of the collectivity includes, subject to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3334-0-1

…r the application of article L. 3334-3:1° The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income;2° The average per capita income of all the départements is equal to the sum of the incom…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

I.-The amount of the tax provided for in 5° of 1 of I of article L. 5141-8 is set at : a) €2,000 per request for prior authorisation for advertising relating to a medicinal product and comprising up t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-9

…rst three paragraphs of Article L. 324-17, the approved organisations mentioned in Article L. 134-3 use the sums collected for the exploitation of unavailable books and which could not be distributed…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-16

I.-Where the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered design, as provided for by Community regulations in force, is implemented before an application for action by the owner of the regi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8-2

I.-Where the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered trade mark, as provided for by current Community regulations, is implemented before an application for action by the proprietor of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-20

…borrowers, the heirs may pay the debt capped at the value of the property estimated on the day the estate is opened. This valuation is carried out as necessary by an expert chosen by mutual agreement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-22

…the juge-commissaire or the court, the liquidator may realise assets or rights that make up another estate of the entrepreneur or that cannot be seized by creditors whose rights arise in connection wi…

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