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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 1300-2

…he margin of the marriage certificate. The notary sends the civil registrar an extract from the act and a certificate drawn up by the notary specifying the date on which the formalities of information…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1546-2

…reement between all the parties to the appeal proceedings interrupts the time limits for concluding and lodging a cross-appeal referred to in Articles 905-2 and 908 to 910. The interruption of these t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2291-1

A sub-guarantee is a contract by which a person undertakes to pay the guarantor what the debtor may owe him under the guarantee..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331-1

The privileges of the Treasury and the Social Security funds are determined by the laws that concern them.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L362-1

Articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-6, L. 311-8 and L. 311-9, L. 324-1 to L. 324-2 and L. 342-1 to L. 342-29 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-25

The practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 carrying out sperm collection or oocyte retrieval with a view to donation is required : 1° Enquire about the gamet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Notification to the Banque de France of breaches of cheque-writing bans.

Article R131-36

The declarations required by articles R. 131-34 and R. 131-35 must include all the information specified in 1°, 2°, 4°, 6° and 8° of article R. 131-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of health risks associated with communal water misting systems

Article R1335-15

…water misting systems: devices generating water aerosols, within establishments open to the public and places accessible to the public, aimed specifically at dispersing fine droplets of water directl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R1423-1

I. - The industrial tribunal is divided into five autonomous sections: 1° The management section; 2° The industry section; 3° The trade and commercial services section; 4° The agriculture section; 5°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Procedure for authorising the importation of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1, for the personal use of one or more recipients, as provided for in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-14

…ments or organisations authorised to carry out imports in application of the second paragraph of II and III of article L. 1245-5 shall mention in the annual activity report provided for in article R.…

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