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Showing 23412350 of 60229 articles for Art. 35 I-5° bis · CAA Paris 3 October 2019

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 539

The property of persons who die without heirs or whose estates are abandoned belongs to the State.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 513

As an exception to articles 510 to 512, the judge may decide to exempt the guardian from submitting the management account for approval in consideration of the protected person's modest income or asse…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 511

For minors under guardianship, the guardian submits an annual management account, together with supporting documents, to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court for verifi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 512

For protected adults, the management accounts are checked and approved annually by the subrogated guardian where one has been appointed or by the family council where article 457 is applied. Where sev…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 514

…was drawn up and submit it for the verification and approval provided for in the articles 511 to 513-1. In addition, within three months of the end of his assignment, the tutor or his heirs if he is…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 510

Each year, the tutor draws up an account of his management to which all useful supporting documents are attached. To this end, he requests an annual statement of these from the institutions with which…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 542

Communal assets are those to whose ownership or proceeds the inhabitants of one or more communes have an acquired right.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 543

One may have over the property, either a right of ownership, or a mere right of enjoyment, or only land services to claim.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-5

For production aid before completion granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in article 411-31 is extended to three years.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Units for difficult patients.

Article R3222-5

…/her close relatives ;2° By the public prosecutor responsible for the place of origin or reception ;3° By the Prefect of the home or host département or, in Paris, by the Police Prefect;4° By the psyc…

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