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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1080

Where property or rights are awarded as compensatory allowance pursuant to 2° of article 274 of the Civil Code, the agreement approved or the decision granting the divorce specifies their value. Where…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1079

The compensatory allowance may not be provisionally enforced. However, it may be provisionally enforced in whole or in part, where failure to enforce would have manifestly excessive consequences for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1774

Persons guilty of any of the offences referred to in 1° to 4° of 1 of Article 1772 and in Article 1773 may be deprived of civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the procedures set out in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-11

I.-For the agreements referred to in 1° of Article R. 1453-10, each company shall make public the following information, in addition to its own identity including its corporate name, its corporate pur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Negotiable bonds - Special schemes

Article 131 ter

1. Special series of bonds issued abroad before 1 January 1976 by French companies, corporations or enterprises with the authorisation of the Minister for the Economy and Finance shall be subject, for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-10

The Minister responsible for the economy shall refuse, by reasoned decision, the investment authorisation requested, if the implementation of the conditions provided for in article R. 151-8 is not suf…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1048

The judicial court or its president with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the person whose civil status is in question lives or, if he or she lives outside France, the judicial cour…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1054

If the request is granted, the court shall order that all documents, even those drawn up or transcribed outside its jurisdiction, be amended by a note in the margin. To this end, the operative part of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1050

The claim is lodged, investigated and judged as in non-contentious matters.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1049

The action is open to any person who has an interest in it and to the public prosecutor.

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