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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 528-1

If the judgment has not been notified within two years of its delivery, the party who appeared shall no longer be entitled to bring an appeal as a principal claim after the expiry of the said period.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-1

A civil solidarity pact is a contract concluded by two natural persons of full age, of different sexes or of the same sex, to organise their life together.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-4

Partners bound by a civil solidarity pact undertake to live together and to provide mutual material aid and assistance. If the partners do not agree otherwise, material assistance is proportional to t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-6

The provisions of articles 831,831-2, 832-3 and 832-4 are applicable between partners in a civil solidarity pact in the event of its dissolution. The provisions of the first paragraph of Article 831-3…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-3

Persons who enter into a civil solidarity pact make a joint declaration thereof before the civil registrar of the commune in which they fix their common residence or, in the event of serious impedimen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-7

The civil solidarity pact is dissolved by the death of one of the partners or by the marriage of the partners or one of them. In this case, dissolution takes effect on the date of the event. The civil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-2

On pain of nullity, there may be no civil solidarity pact: 1° Between ascendants and descendants in the direct line, between relatives in the direct line and between collaterals up to and including th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-5

The specific statute for the body of sports teachers may set a proportion of posts reserved for high-level sportsmen and women, even if they do not belong to the administration, who have been on the l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-5

Any French member of a professional trade union entrusted with the administration or management of this trade union must enjoy his civic rights and not be subject to any prohibition, disqualification…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-5

Embryonic or foetal tissues or cells may only be removed, preserved and used following termination of pregnancy for diagnostic, therapeutic or scientific purposes. The woman who has undergone a termin…

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