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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-19-2

…s outside the conurbation comprising the commune that is the capital of the region and the region's estate includes company accommodation, the regional council may determine by deliberation the terms…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-126

Veterinarians providing the services referred to in Article L. 5141-15 who comply with the provisions of Article L. 241-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code may use in France veterinary medicinal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-1

…that a more important interest requires it. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to gifts made to legal persons or even to natural persons with a duty to form legal persons.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-11

…he designation of a beneficiary, the guaranteed capital or annuity forms part of the policyholder's estate or succession.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 769

The option is indivisible. However, a person who has more than one succession claim to the same estate has a separate right of option for each of them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Inheritance reserve and available share

Article 913-1

…atsoever, although they are to be counted only for the child whose place they hold in the settlor's estate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1030

The testator may empower the executor to take possession of all or part of the furniture of the estate and to sell it if it is necessary to discharge the particular legacies within the limit of the av…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-11

A foreign national holding an EU long-term resident card, as defined by the provisions of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are lon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-20

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-24

The fact that the investigative measure carried out in the executing State has been successfully challenged before the authorities of that State and in accordance with the law of that State does not i…

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