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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-8

When a budgetary decision or an administrative account is referred to the regional audit chamber by the representative of the State, the period within which it may formulate proposals runs from receip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-83

A nurse may only be temporarily replaced by a colleague who may or may not have set up practice. In the latter case, and without prejudice to the rules relating to health insurance, the replacement mu…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Installation and use of computerised ticketing systems

Article D212-80

Manufacturers or suppliers inform the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of orders sent to them by operators of cinemas.Installers shall send the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-3

The undivided co-owners holding at least two-thirds of the undivided rights may, by this majority: 1° Carry out acts of administration relating to the undivided property; 2° Give one or more of the un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-8

The central managing board of section C comprises fifteen members appointed or elected for six years: 1° A professor or senior lecturer in pharmacy training and research units, a pharmacist in active…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-81

I. - The sums distributable by a real estate investment fund in respect of a financial year are made up of :1° Distributable income relating to income earned by the fund, which is equal to the net inc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8-1

The loss of revenue suffered by the conurbation community as a result of the extension from fifteen to twenty-five years of the exemptions from property tax on built properties provided for in article…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-8

The decision on the application for authorisation to exploit a natural mineral water source is taken by prefectoral order before the project is implemented. In the case of a coordinated procedure, the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-8

The author alone has the right to compile his articles and speeches into a collection and to publish them or to authorise their publication in that form. For all works published in a press title withi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-8

In the event of a civil conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products, the materials and instruments used p…

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