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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The adopter

Article 343

Adoption may be requested by two spouses who are not legally separated, two partners bound by a civil solidarity pact or two cohabitants. The adopters must be able to provide proof of at least one yea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
6. Adults subject to a legal protection measure

Article R1112-37

…o are hospitalised in the establishment is administered under the conditions laid down by articles 436 and 498 of the Civil Code and by decree no. 2012-663 of 4 May 2012 relating to the methods of man…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Weight of goods.

Article 37

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance lay down the conditions under which goods taxed by weight must be checked and the arrangements for full imported packaging. The taxable weight…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-30

The agenda for Social and Economic Committee meetings is sent by the Chairman to the Committee members, to the Labour Inspectorate official referred to in Article L. 8112-1 and to the Social Security…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-31

When the Social and Economic Committee meets at the request of the majority of its members, the questions attached to the request to convene the meeting are included on the agenda.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 342

A party wishing to challenge a judge or request that the case be referred on grounds of legitimate suspicion to another court of the same nature must, on pain of inadmissibility, do so as soon as he i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Actions to establish parentage

Article 329

Where the presumption of paternity has been set aside pursuant to Article 313, each of the spouses may request, during the child's minority, that its effects be re-established by proving that the husb…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Consequences of legal separation

Article 300

Each of the separated spouses retains the use of the other's name. However, the legal separation agreement by private deed countersigned by lawyers filed with a notary, the legal separation judgment o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AA

The coefficients used to calculate the declining balance depreciation are increased to 2, 2, 5 and 3 respectively depending on whether the normal useful life of the equipment is three or four years, f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Driving licence

Article 328

The circulation permit is valid for a maximum of one month and for the communes included in the district of the post from which it originates. In the event of a move to another district, it may be exc…

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