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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-4

…s been entrusted and to the family and to monitor the child's development. In the case mentioned in 3° of article 375-3, the judge may, by way of exception and on the written application of the public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-31

For the application of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006, the services or units of the national police, the national gendarmerie, the Directorate-General for Customs and Exci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-32

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 11 relating to the confidentiality of investigations, any information or data exchanged shall be confidential. The procedures for transmitting and storin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-30

…ruck off the Register or who has been subject to the criminal sanctions referred to in articles L. 6242-1 and L. 6242-2 has six months, from the date on which the decision to strike him off the Regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

…ourse to a third party donor ;2° The number of embryos kept for each couple or each unmarried woman;3° The place and dates of fertilisation and freezing;4° Precise details of where the embryos are sto…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Early repayment

Article L312-34

…yment has been made pursuant to an insurance contract intended to guarantee repayment of the credit;3° If the early repayment occurs during a period when the borrowing rate is not fixed.In other cases…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

Article 319

The judgment ordering the oath sets the day, time and place where it will be received. It formulates the question submitted to the oath and indicates that false oath exposes its author to penal sancti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Commissary.

Article L154-3

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 148-1 to L. 148-3 is punishable by a fine of €3,750 and, in the event of a repeat offence, a fine of €7,500.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-3

I.-Where the performer has transferred all or part of his rights on an exclusive basis, he may, in the absence of any exploitation of his performance, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 32

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of

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