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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-2

No tissues or cells may be removed, and no human body products may be collected for donation, from a living minor or from a living adult who is the subject of a legal protection measure with represent…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R221-12

Where appropriate, the bailiff may take photographs of the items seized. These photographs are kept by the bailiff for the purpose of verifying the seized goods. They may only be disclosed when a disp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-207

The General Meeting that has decided on a capital reduction not motivated by losses may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase a specific number of s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-16

Cancellation of the registration may be requested by the creditor or the debtor on proof of extinction of the secured debt or production of the deed discharging the registration. Cancellation may also…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1031

The authorisations mentioned in articles 1030 and 1030-1 are given by the testator for a period which may not exceed two years from the opening of the will. An extension of up to one year may be grant…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1389

Without prejudice to gifts which may be made in the forms and in the cases determined by this Code, the spouses may not make any agreement or renunciation the object of which would be to change the le…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1422

The spouses may not, one without the other, dispose of community property inter vivos, gratuitously. Nor may they, one without the other, assign any of that property to guarantee the debt of a third p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-4

Collective decisions of the European Economic Interest Grouping shall be taken by the meeting of the members of the Grouping. However, the Statutes may stipulate that these decisions, or some of them,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-23

The duration of the aid for professional integration granted under the employment support contract may not exceed the term of the employment contract. The duration of the aid may be extended up to a t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations

Article L7222-17

A councillor to the Martinique Assembly who is unable to attend a meeting may give a voting delegation for that meeting to another member of the Assembly.A councillor to the Martinique Assembly may on…

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