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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-2

…tract is only validly concluded if the recipient of the offer has had the opportunity to check the details of his order and its total price and to correct any errors before confirming it to express hi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1222-2

The file of the minor under guardianship may be consulted at the court registry by the petitioner, the guardian, the parents or, where applicable, their lawyers, until a decision is made on the petiti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1223-2

Copies of the deliberations of the family council and court decisions relating to the protection measure may only be issued to the parties and persons invested with guardianship responsibilities conce…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1204

The following shall be summoned to the hearing, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to which the application is attached, at least eight days before the date of the hearing: 1° The pe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R442-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

…ce to Article R. 351-24, the following classifications are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° Letters of credi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 coming from or destined for Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-29

…oducts of the human body mentioned in the first paragraph are intended for the manufacture of proprietary medicinal products or industrially manufactured medicinal products.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Obligations and financial liability of the principal.

Article L3245-2

…In the absence of a written response from the subcontractor or the co-contractor within a period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the project owner or the principal will immediately inform the e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…the member of staff. 2. In the event of a change of accounting officer (e.g. transfer, secondment, etc.), certificate of cessation of payment. 3. Special case of resumption of activity (6): contract…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article D2213-1-1-2

Students in the third cycle of medical studies who have completed two semesters in the speciality they are pursuing are authorised to draw up death certificates as part of their postgraduate training…

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