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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-1

…arental authority so require, the family court judge may organise visiting rights in a designated meeting place. Where the interests of the child so require or where the direct handover of the child t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-2

…orm is automatically terminated if, after formal notice has been given by the author by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the publisher does not meet its obligations in this respect w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Investigations

Article 814-1

For the application of article 78-2-1 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, references to provisions of the Labour Code are replaced by references to provisions having…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical certificate and health questionnaire

Article D231-1-3

The collegiate body with competence in medicine provided for in II of Article L. 231-2 and III of Article L. 231-2-1 corresponds to the medical committee provided for in point 2.4.2 of Annex I-5.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline

Article L321-23-2

…tion period is three years from the date of the breach. However, if the person concerned is the perpetrator of acts that have given rise to a criminal conviction, the action is time-barred after two y…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 792-0 bis

…al relationships created in the law of a State other than France by a person who has the status of settlor, by inter vivos deed or mortis causa, with a view to placing assets or rights therein, under…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1-1

…relate to connection data issued by a lawyer and linked to the use of an electronic communications network or service, whether traffic data or location data, they may only be made by reasoned order of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article D741-24

…ing of services of collective interest is calculated according to a formula and a number of shares determined respectively in Table No. 1 and Table No. 2 in Annex 7-4-1 to this book. An order determin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-19

…ured party, and with the agreement of the latter or, if the latter is deceased, of his successors : 1° For elected municipal representatives, the Association des maires de France, any national associa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

Exempt from value added tax:1. (Business or transactions subject to another tax):1° to 3° (Repealed);4° commodity futures transactions carried out on a regulated market excluding those which determine…

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