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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 378-1

Parental authority may be totally withdrawn, regardless of any criminal conviction, from fathers and mothers who, either through ill-treatment, habitual and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverage…

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

Article 60-3

…icer or, under the latter's supervision, the judicial police officer or the investigation assistant may, by any means, request any qualified person registered on one of the lists provided for in artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

Decisions taken by the first president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is atta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-3

The diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualifications referred to in article L. 4361-2 are the diplôme d'Etat d'audioprothésiste (State diploma in hearing-aid acoustics) awarded after…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-3

The General Rapporteur of the French Competition Authority may decide that the case will be examined by the Authority without the prior preparation of a report. He shall inform the parties and the Gov…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CONTROL OF THE HOLDING OF SECURITIES

Article L812-3

…in France, officers of the judicial police of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may carry out summary inspections of vehicles on the public highway, excluding private cars:1° In an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-3

…eral judicial courts or over the whole of the territory, the first president of the court of appeal may decide, in the interests of the proper administration of justice, because of the disproportion b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 4: Provisions common to the remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-36

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 663-34, the president of the court shall, on a proposal from the official receiver, set the amount of advance payments to be credited against the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-3

…f four of its members or the Government Commissioner.The convening period shall be fifteen days. It may be reduced to eight days in the event of an emergency.The agenda is set by the chairman, who inc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-30

…out a public sale or who has been asked to estimate the value of goods deposited in a general shop may not acquire on his own behalf the goods whose sale or estimation has been entrusted to him.

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