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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-20

Nurses have a duty to use all the means at their disposal to ensure that everyone lives with dignity until death. In particular, they have a duty to help patients whose condition so requires to have a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-23

…fession involves the drawing up by the professional, in accordance with the observations he is able to make, of certificates, attestations and documents the production of which is prescribed by legisl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article D8113-2

…edium for the keeping of certain registers, this medium shall be designed and kept in such a way as to ensure that all mandatory information is available without difficulty of use or understanding and…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Calculation for broadcasting on television services

Article 211-29

Sums are calculated for the broadcast, on television services whose publishers are subject to the tax provided for in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22-2

The provisions of the preceding article shall not apply to a married child.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables as security

Article 2373-2

Sums paid to the assignee in respect of the assigned claim shall be set off against the secured claim when due. If this is not the case, the assignee retains them under the conditions set out in artic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2399

A minor, after coming of age or emancipation, or an adult under guardianship, after the release of the guardianship of adults, may request, within a period of one year, the registration of his legal m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2400

During the minority and guardianship of adults, the registration made under Article 2398 must be renewed, in accordance with article 2429 of the Civil Code, by the clerk of the judicial court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2398

…he opening of any guardianship, the family council or, failing this, the judge, after hearing the tutor, decides whether a registration must be required on the tutor's immovables. If so, the family co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rules specific to legal mortgages attached to sentencing judgments

Article 2401

The legal mortgage attached to judgments of conviction arises from contradictory or default judgments, whether final or provisional, in favour of the person who obtained them.It also arises from arbit…

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