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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 380

In pronouncing the total or partial withdrawal of parental authority or of the exercise of parental authority or custody rights, the court hearing the case shall, if the other parent is deceased or ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3-3

Article L. 441-9 is amended as follows:1° In the second paragraph, the words "within the meaning of 3 of I of l'article 289 du code général des impôts," are deleted;2° In the fourth paragraph , the wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-3

…event that compulsory liquidation proceedings are opened against a credit institution under Book VI of the French Commercial Code, creditors holding a preferential right, pledge, collateral security o…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-3

…ay sell the debtor's immovable property without following the procedures prescribed for the seizure of immovable property is null and void.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for attachment of the remuneration of public officials

Article L212-3

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Seizure of immovable property

Article L321-3

The act of seizure of an immovable carries with it the seizure of its fruits, except for the effect of a previous seizure.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-3

For the application of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: The enforcement judge

Article L121-3

The enforcement judge has the power to order the debtor to pay damages in the event of abusive resistance.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-3

…by a decision not subject to an appeal suspending enforcement, without prejudice to the provisions of European Union law applicable;2° bis Decisions handed down by the Unified Patent Court;3° Extract…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article L112-3

Immovables by destination may not be seized separately from the immovable, except to pay their price or to realise the pledge on which they are encumbered. In the latter case, they may only be seized…

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