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

Article L7211-4

For the application of this code in Martinique:1° The reference to the department, the overseas department, the region or the overseas region is replaced by the reference to the territorial collectivi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-57

I. - The collège de résolution shall ensure that no holder of equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or of other ownership securities or creditor of a person referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Risk assessment

Article R4444-1

The employer shall assess and, if necessary, measure the levels of mechanical vibration to which workers are exposed. The purpose of this assessment and measurement is to determine the physical parame…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-216

…al qualification and the professional qualification required on national territory is assessed with reference to the training for the state diploma for youth, popular education and sport specialising…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Regional Health Agency for French Guiana

Article D1444-1

…he application of the provisions of this code in French Guyana and unless otherwise provided:1° The reference to the department or region is replaced by the reference to the territorial collectivity o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: French nationals by descent

Article 18-1

However, if only one of the parents is French, a child who was not born in France has the option of renouncing French nationality in the six months preceding his majority and in the twelve months foll…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-12

…onality is subject, under the terms of an international convention, to the performance of an act of option, the form of that act is determined by the law of the contracting country in which it is inst…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-12

…t in cases which give rise to the right to surrender the goods; in these cases, the insured has the option of surrendering the goods or taking action for damage.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-123

…e of patients with severe obesity for the "digestive system, endocrinology, diabetology, nutrition" option; b) Access to an intensive care unit as provided for in article R. 6123-34-3 for the "nervous…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 C

…crop advances in application of Article 72 A, nor that of stocks as a result of the exercise of the option provided for in Article 72 B bis. II. II -I applies where the cessation of the business is th…

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