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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration.

Article R512-37

Should the conciliation procedure defined in the general regulations provided for in Article R. 512-39 fail , any dispute shall be referred to a special commission made up of two representatives of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-2

…rofession in the name of the minor;4° Transfer the property or rights of the minor into a fiduciary estate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 624

…l have no right to enjoy either the soil or the materials. If the usufruct were established over an estate of which the building formed part, the usufructuary would enjoy both the soil and the materia…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 775

…a person who dies without having opted. The four-month period runs from the opening of the latter's estate. The heirs of a person who dies without having opted in exercise the option separately, each…

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

Article 812-2

…pressly stated in the mandate. It corresponds to a share of the fruits and revenues received by the estate and resulting from the management or administration of the mandatary. In the event of insuffi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2449

…a certificate is issued of the formalities accepted for filing and pending registration in the real estate file for the properties individually designated in the request for information. A decree of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-6

…punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Euros:1° Without having first declared a protocol to the Agence de la biomédecine in accordance with Article L. 2151-6 of the Public Health C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Care provided to prisoners.

Article R6411-4

The protocol referred to in Article R. 6411-3 defines in particular, in compliance with the regulations to which the prison is subject: 1° The conditions under which the staff of the public health est…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-6

…be distributed; 6° Risk management policy; 7° Approval of any acquisition, sale or mortgage of real estate; 8° Approval of mergers or alliances, the creation of subsidiaries, and the acquisition of ot…

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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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