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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-3

Fiscal revenue in the operating section may include:a) The proceeds of taxes and duties whose assessment and collection take place in the forms provided for in the General Tax Code, namely:1° The proc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.

Article L330-3

…rand or trade name available to another person, requiring that person to give an undertaking of exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity for the exercise of his activity, is required, prior to the signing of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Managing dose constraints

Article R4451-33-1

…authorised to work in an operation zone defined in Article R. 4451-28. When it is not possible to use an operational dosimeter for technical reasons linked to professional practice, the employer mus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-24

The freelance administration company carries out the activity of freelance administration on an exclusive basis. Only a freelance administration company may enter into freelance administration employm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-13

Mandatory licences and ex-officio licences are non-exclusive. The rights attached to these licences may only be transferred together with the goodwill, business or part of the business to which they a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Judicial partition.

Article 840-1

Where several undivided interests exist exclusively between the same persons, whether they relate to the same property or to different property, a single division may take place.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions (R)

Article R5711-1-1

The provisions of Book III of Part Two are applicable to mixed syndicates exclusively associating municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, subject to the provisions sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-7

A health care establishment may be authorised to provide exclusive care for sick or injured children in a paediatric emergency unit mentioned in 3° of article R. 6123-1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-12

…death of the insured to a specific beneficiary or to his heirs does not form part of the insured's estate. The beneficiary, whatever the form and date of his designation, is deemed to have had sole e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration of the agent.

Article 812-3

The remuneration of the mandatary is a charge on the estate which gives rise to a right to reduction where it has the effect of depriving the heirs of all or part of their reserve. The heirs covered b…

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