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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1216-1

Applications submitted to the public prosecutor for referral to the guardianship judge shall contain the identity of the person to be protected and a description of the facts requiring protection with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-122

When the communal public domain is made available to a public inter-communal establishment or a mixed syndicate under the conditions set out in article L. 1321-2, the public establishment for inter-mu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-123

Where the fee provided for in a public service delegation agreement corresponds, on the one hand, to the occupation of the public domain and, on the other hand, to the financing of works handed over t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-121

The fee payable each year to a municipality for the occupation of the municipal public domain by water supply and sewerage works is determined by the municipal council within the limits of a ceiling s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1200

In the application of educational assistance, account must be taken of the religious or philosophical convictions of the minor and his or her family.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259

The restoration of the protected person's personal faculties is established by a medical certificate no more than two months old, issued by a doctor chosen from the list mentioned in article 431 of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258

For the implementation of the future protection mandate established pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code, the mandatary shall appear in person at the registry of the judici…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1260

The provisions of

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 129

…shall determine.The judge who must make a preliminary attempt at conciliation may order the parties to meet with a court conciliator who will inform them of the purpose and progress of the conciliatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 128

The parties may conciliate, of their own accord or on the judge's initiative, throughout the proceedings.

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