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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: REAL ESTATE SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF USE

Article L2421-5

…tance or by assignment are extinguished on the date of posting of the statement provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2421-4, unless, on that date, the holder had had constructions carried…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Oral proceedings

Article 837

…court to which the case is referred, the procedure shall then be as set out in article 842 and the last three paragraphs of Article 844. Where the president of the court has ordered the re-assignment…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Litigation procedure.

Article 946

The proceedings shall be oral.The court or the magistrate hearing the case may, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 446-1, exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1023

…nths if the applicant lives abroad. The time limits provided for in articles 982 and 991 and in the last paragraph of Article 1010 are likewise increased by one month or two months depending on whethe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approval of professional associations

Article R513-27

…This report contains a copy of the balance sheet and profit and loss account for the association's last financial year. In particular, it describes, for the previous calendar year, the activity of it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Undeclared periods of activity

Article L5426-1-1

I.-Periods of employment lasting more than three days, consecutive or otherwise, during the same calendar month, which are not declared by the jobseeker to Pôle emploi by the end of that month, are no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-2

…e competent health authorities", "the competent health authority" and "these authorities";2° In the last paragraph of II, the words "provided for in" are replaced by the words: "within the meaning of"…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions.

Article L4443-1

…ternate members elected from among its members by the general meeting of pharmacists entered on the last roll of the Order published by the body of the Order of New Caledonia or French Polynesia. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-1

Victim support associations may be approved under the last paragraph of article 41, in accordance with the conditions set out in this chapter, when their purpose is to provide support and assistance t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-84

…ertakings governed by foreign law with an equivalent purpose and of a similar form mentioned in the last sentence of 1° of article L. 214-37 must satisfy the conditions laid down in article R. 214-83.

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