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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 458

…hority relating to the person of a child, the declaration of the choice or change of a child's name and consent given to one's own adoption or that of one's child.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 463

At the opening of the measure or, failing that, at a later date, the judge or the family council if it has been constituted shall decide the conditions under which the curator or guardian entrusted wi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 461

…The person under curatorship is assisted by his curator in the operations provided for in the tenth and eleventh paragraphs of article 515-7. For the application of this article, the curator is deemed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

…grity. Except in emergencies, in the event of disagreement between the protected person of full age and the person entrusted with his or her protection, the judge shall authorise either of them to tak…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 460

The person responsible for the protective measure shall be informed in advance of the intended marriage of the adult whom he or she assists or represents.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 462

…d by the judge or the family council if it has been constituted, after hearing the interested party and obtaining, where appropriate, the opinion of the parents and next of kin.No assistance or repres…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R752-44-4

…he Prefect has one month from receipt of the authorisation application to check that it is complete and to request any additional information or details. Once this one-month period has elapsed, the ap…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49-4

I.-Any marketing authorisation holder and any pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product in France shall build up a safety stock intended for the national market referred to in article L. 5…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-4-1

…n the person is a representative of the public authority or entrusted with a public service mission and the offence was committed because of his functions or mission, if the declared address is his pr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Validation of acquired experience

Article A212-42-4

The regional director of youth, sport and social cohesion will inform candidates, as part of the admissibility decision notified under the conditions laid down in III of article R. 335-7 of the Educat…

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