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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-30

Under penalty of permanent removal from the list of the Court of Appeal, a sworn goods broker commissioned to carry out a public sale or who has been asked to estimate the value of goods deposited in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-31

Brokerage fees for public sales and the amount of fees payable to a sworn goods broker for the valuation of goods deposited in a general shop are set in accordance with the conditions laid down by ord…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Seizure of operating income

Article L333-3

The unseizable proportion of these sums may in no case be less than four-fifths, where they are at most equal annually to the highest level of resources provided for pursuant to Chapter V of Title IV…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L231-3

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV : Insurance for the acquisition of immovable property by means of life annuities.

Article L132-30

Contracts involving the acquisition of real estate by means of the constitution of life annuities are subject to the provisions of this article.The annuitants individually retain, for the service of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Paid leave.

Article L7213-3

Where service is provided by employed spouses, partners in a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partners, paid annual leave is given simultaneously.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L1146-3

At the adjournment hearing and in the light of the measures defined and, where applicable, carried out by the employer, the court will consider whether there are grounds for dispensing with the senten…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-38

The purpose of funeral chambers is to receive, prior to burial or cremation, the bodies of deceased persons. The premises where the undertaking or association managing the funeral home offers the othe…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-3

The judge may grant renewable deadlines to occupants of inhabited premises or business premises whose eviction has been ordered by the court, whenever the persons concerned cannot be rehoused under no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-3

Without prejudice to Titles III, IV or V of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories,…

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