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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 310-1

Filiation is legally established, under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of this Title, by operation of law, by voluntary recognition or by possession of status established by an act of notoriet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Treasury bills

Article L213-31

Without prejudice to the penalties that may be applied by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in the same way as for breaches of banking regulations, any failure to comply with the ob…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-31

When the assignment contract is concluded to replace an employee who is temporarily absent or whose employment contract has been suspended, or for a replacement carried out under 4° and 5° of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-31

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Autorité de la concurrence, specifies the terms of the association contract provided for by articles L. 212-29 and L. 212-30. This co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-31

Subject to the rights of creditors, the liquidator decides whether to distribute any funds that become available during the liquidation. After unsuccessful formal notice from the liquidator, any inter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
4. Prisoners

Article R1112-31

Prisoners are hospitalised under the general regime. However, by express decision of the Minister of Justice, taken in application of article D. 115-25 of the Penitentiary Code, they may be treated, a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Purchase of stills by the State

Article 310 bis

…equipment they own, or to users of mobile equipment for which the approval provided for in Article 311 bis was not granted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-31

The formal notice referred to in article R. 7123-30 may be issued either by an employee or by a social security body or social institution, provided that their claims are certain, liquid and due. This…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Third-party access to the joint information system of the State, regional hospitalization agencies and health insurance bodies.

Article R6113-31

Data concerning natural persons may only be communicated in the form of aggregated statistics and information constituted in such a way that these persons cannot be identified. Decrees issued by the m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-31

The centre's debts may be the subject of: 1° Either an ex gratia remission, in the event of embarrassment on the part of the debtors; 2° Or a write-off, in the event of insolvency on the part of the d…

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