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Showing 29112920 of 67840 articles for Art. 1 and Arrêté ECOT2301445A du 27-1-2023 Art. 1

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-10

The rules laid down in article 1078-9 shall not apply where a child who has consented to his own descendants being allotted in his stead subsequently himself makes, with the latter, a shared gift inco…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1251-1

…he declaration for the purposes of safeguarding justice mentioned in the first paragraph of article 1251 or of the decision of the guardianship judge provided for in article 1249 : 1° The judicial aut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1653

The provisions concerning the operation of the communal commission and the intermunicipal commission as well as the operation, the procedures for appointing representatives of taxpayers and department…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-1

When the presidents of the departmental councils and the vice-presidents delegated by them use the universal employment-service cheque provided for by Article L. 1271-1 of the code du travail to ensur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16-1

Articles 20-1 to 20-3 of Decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 on the competence of public archive services and cooperation between administrations for the collection, preservation and communication o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects.

Article D2573-16-1

I. - Articles R. 2213-2-2 to R. 2213-57 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XXV. II. - For the application of article R. 2213-2-2 : 1° The words: "provi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L833-1

…lowing provisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L832-1

…ng provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 146-1

The marriage of a French national, even if contracted abroad, requires his or her presence.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-1

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