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Showing 941950 of 65989 articles for Art. 505 al. 2 and al. 4

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-4

…ll be heard or called in accordance with the procedures laid down in the first paragraph of Article 432. However, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision and on the advice of the doctor mentione…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 465

…protection, the act remains subject to the rescission or reduction actions provided for in Article 435 as if it had been performed by a person placed under legal protection, unless it has been expres…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 466

The articles 464 and 465 do not preclude the application of the articles 414-1 and 414-2.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 464

…it can be shown that the protected person has suffered prejudice. By way of derogation from Article 2252, the action must be brought within five years of the date of the judgment opening the measure.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 443

…arge judgment or in the event of the death of the person concerned. Without prejudice to articles 3 and 15, the judge may also terminate it when the protected person resides outside national territory…

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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 Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 441

…exceed five years. The judge who issues a guardianship measure may, by specially reasoned decision and on the assent of a doctor registered on the list referred to in Article 431 noting that the alte…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions relating to the protection of trade marks and indications of origin.

Article 40

…ign products that do not comply with the obligations imposed on indications of origin by the law of 20 April 1932 and the decrees issued for its implementation are prohibited from entry and excluded f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1232-4-4

…e automated national register of organ removal refusals under the conditions set out in sub-section 2 of this section. II -A person may also express their refusal in writing and entrust this document…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 470

The person under curatorship may freely test subject to the provisions of article 901. She may only make gifts with the assistance of the curator. The curator is deemed to be in opposition of interest…

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