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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-14

…have lost French nationality pursuant to article 23-6 or who has been refused a claim under Article 30-3 may claim French nationality by declaration made in accordance with Articles 26 et seq. They mu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-17

The criminal court may stay the proceedings where it deems it necessary to translate the decision or where the property is already subject either to a seizure or freezing measure or to a final confisc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-21

Any file that has not been updated within five years of the recording of the first data it contains shall be deleted, except in the following cases: 1° A file containing data relating to a residence p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…atest within three years of the child's birth. Where this article, the second paragraph of article 311-23, article 342-12 or article 357 in respect of a joint child, the name previously devolved or ch…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-8

…sed to operate an emergency facility and one or more establishments mentioned in 1° of article L. 3221-1 operating in the emergency medicine health territory shall enter into an agreement with each ot…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-53

When, for the production of an audiovisual work, a production company has received financial support for the production and preparation of audiovisual works, it may apply for production approval for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 decies

…um equal to the product of this amount by the rate of late payment interest provided for in article 1727. A decree will set out the terms and conditions of application, in particular the reporting obl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 216 ter

…24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, and which pay up the shares thus subscribed by 31 December 1965 at the latest, may, under the conditions and subject to the reservations provided for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies

Article L4132-21

…gate some of its powers to the Standing Committee in accordance with the provisions of article L. 4221-5. Similarly, the regional council may delegate to its chairman the exercise of some of its power…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

…man wishes to have recourse to preimplantation diagnosis under the conditions set out in article L. 2131-4-1, at least one doctor from the multidisciplinary team of the prenatal diagnosis centre will…

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