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Showing 55115520 of 49269 articles for Art. 635 2-5°

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-24

No one may be naturalised unless they can prove that they are assimilated into the French community, in particular through sufficient knowledge, depending on their condition, of the French language, h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-25

The conditions under which the assimilation and state of health of foreign nationals awaiting naturalisation will be checked will be laid down by decree.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

I.-The appropriate advertising of policyholders referred to in the second paragraph of II of article L. 132-27-2 is organised by Caisse des dépôts et consignations on the basis of information communic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-55-3

Audits commissioned by CCI France pursuant to 7° of Article L. 711-16 are carried out on site or on the basis of documents requested from the audited establishment and, where applicable, from the regi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-58-1

The status of affected party and the methods for dividing into classes and calculating the votes corresponding to claims or rights allowing a vote to be cast may be contested by each affected party, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5-1

I. - Pharmaceutical establishments and establishments authorised in application of articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 may obtain tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body from a Member…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-5

I.-When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered trademark is implemented after a request mentioned in Article L. 716-8 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments su…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-1

I.-When there is a risk that they will enter into direct competition with the public health establishment in which they were mainly practising, the practitioners mentioned in article L. 6151-1, in 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-52-1

When the composition pénale includes the handing over of the vehicle for immobilisation as provided for in 3° of article 41-2, this surrender shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2420

Creditors holding the same rechargeable mortgage benefit from the rank of the registration of the agreement constituting the security. However, in their relations with each other, the date of publicat…

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