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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Representative bodies and staff expression.

Article L6144-3-3

…healthcare cooperation grouping or assigned in accordance with the provisions of 2° of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code within such a grouping, are consulted in accordance with the procedures lai…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34-3

…p within the deadlines he/she has set in accordance with the procedure laid down in article R. 6251-3 of the same code and draws up the annual report on the operation of the task force.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Alcohols

Article 362

Traditional rums and tafias that meet the conditions of Article 3 of Decree no. 88-416 of 22 April 1988 and which do not contain more than 90% vol.The management of the scheme referred to in the first…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Cases where short-term prescriptions are not used.

Article 355

1. The prescriptions referred to in article 352, paragraph 1 and in article 353 shall not apply and shall become thirty years when, before the terms provided for, a claim is made, an order is made, a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-3

…riod of Ineligibility is not applied or is reduced under the conditions provided for in article L. 232-23-3-10 and without prejudice to the granting of a suspended suspension pursuant to article L. 23…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Relations between the adopter and the adopted person

Article 346

Adoption between ascendants and descendants in the direct line and between brothers and sisters is prohibited. However, the court may order adoption if there are serious grounds which the interests of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Relations between the adopter and the adopted person

Article 347

The adopter or adopters must be fifteen years older than the children they propose to adopt. However, where the difference in age is less than that provided for in the preceding paragraph, the court m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 321

Except where they are confined by law to a different time limit, actions relating to filiation are prescribed by ten years from the day on which the person was deprived of the status he or she claims,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 319

In the case of an offence affecting a person's parentage, the criminal action may only be decided after the judgment on the question of parentage has become res judicata.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 355

The court pronounces a full adoption or a simple adoption. The adoption takes effect from the day on which the adoption petition is filed.

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