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Showing 571580 of 44169 articles for Art. 4 Oct 1996 — RJDA 3/97 n° 431

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 433-4

Grants are awarded to help cover the following expenses:1° Expenditure on the production of works or the acquisition of broadcasting rights for works;2° Technical expenditure on putting works online,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-43-4

The new application must include, in addition to the opinion or decision of the National Commission on the project, the updated commercial development authorisation application file. If the applicatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 442

…However, when the alteration in the personal faculties of the person concerned described in article 425 clearly does not appear likely to improve according to current scientific knowledge, the judge m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D443-4

…e following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable articles In the wordin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D442-4

…llowing provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable articles In the wordin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-4

I. - Any healthcare professional who observes or is aware of post-donation information shall report it without delay to the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent of the blood establishme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-3

Consent to adoption must be free, obtained without any consideration after the birth of the child and informed about the consequences of adoption, in particular if it is given with a view to full adop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 406

The guardian is appointed for the duration of the guardianship.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 408

The tutor takes care of the minor's person and represents him in all acts of civil life, except in cases in which the law or custom authorises the minor to act himself. He represents the minor in cour…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal protection

Article 433

The judge may place under court protection a person who, for one of the reasons set out in Article 425, needs temporary legal protection or representation to perform certain specified acts. This measu…

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