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

Article 311-24-2

…rson of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising parental…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-31-1

The sentence enforcement judge may, by decision taken in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-8, suspend the execution of mobile electronic surveillance placement for medical reasons, in part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-31-1

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may grant the dispensatory authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-9-1 to one or more health establishments, with immediate effect and for a pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-31

If the request is granted, the public prosecutor may, within ten days, contest this decision before the president of the investigating chamber. This challenge suspends the execution of the decision.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-9

…dator appointed by the competent authority of another Member State shall be entitled to exercise in mainland France, in the overseas departments and in the Department of Mayotte and Saint-Martin all t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-31-1

I.- Candidates who have never carried out expert appraisals or whose expert appraisals submitted when applying for inclusion on the list referred to inarticle L. 1142-11 do not allow them to be consid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-31

The articles of association of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may not provide for higher quorums for meetings of their extraordinary general meeting than those in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R743-139-31

The dissolution of the company is brought to the attention of the public prosecutor and the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce at the behest of the liquidator. The liquidator sha…

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

Article 311-24-1

In the event of the birth abroad of a child at least one of whose parents is French, the transcription of the child's birth record must retain the child's name as it appears on the foreign birth recor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article R2315-31-1

…may be transferred to the budget for social and cultural activities in accordance with article L. 2315-61, up to a limit of 10% of this surplus. This sum and the arrangements for its use are recorded…

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