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French Civil CodeIn force
Part Two: Community of Conventions.

Article 1497

…be a derogation from the rules concerning administration; 3° That one of the spouses will have the option of taking certain assets in return for compensation; 4° That one of the spouses will have a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-9

…al receiver may do so with a view to a mission that he determines, without prejudice to the court's option under Article L. 621-4 to appoint one or more experts. The conditions for the remuneration of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant varieties

Article R623-58

…on or marketing of a variety benefiting from a plant variety certificate, wishes to make use of the option offered to him by Article L. 623-15 to attach a trademark or service mark to the variety deno…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Contributions to hallmarking and testing of precious metals

Article 530

…during the test if it corresponds to one of the legal titres. In all cases, the owner also has the option of exporting his works in accordance with the provisions of Article 545 (1).

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article A160-2

…hly receipts for arrears do not exceed 110 euros, including the amount of statutory increases. This option may be exercised when the contract is wound up or when the annuities are in payment.When the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6313-4

…he collectivity in accordance with the procedures laid down in this book. When they make use of the option offered to them by the first paragraph, the authorities of the collectivity must declare the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-2

…° Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies have given the client the option of delaying the transaction so that it can receive the suitability statement beforehand.For t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-15

…Also excluded are dispensing pharmacists, insurance and capitalisation companies, all compulsory or optional provident, retirement and social protection organisations, as well as health, medico-social…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-28

…under the following conditions: 1° Where the application concerns a generic medicinal product of a reference medicinal product which is or has been authorised for at least eight years in France, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L281-7

For the application of this book to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The references to Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Unio…

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