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Showing 43614370 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-312

Any deletion mentioned or reported ex officio from the register of companies by the clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters shall be brought to the attentio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-315

The keeper of the National Register of Companies, informed by any administrative or judicial authority through the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1 and under the condition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-313

Where a natural person registered in the National Register of Companies does not carry on any activity other than that which has been deleted pursuant to Article R. 123-305, the keeper of the National…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 397

…he tutor and subrogated tutor. The guardianship judge rules on those that concern the other members of the family council. A tutelary office may only be withdrawn, by the person who entrusted it, afte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 396

Any tutelary office may be withdrawn because of the unfitness, negligence, misconduct or fraud of the person to whom it has been entrusted. The same applies where a dispute or conflict of interests pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 394

Guardianship, the protection owed to children, is a public charge. It is a duty of families and the public community.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341 bis

1. Customs reports, where they are authentic until falsified, shall be deemed to be evidence of title for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with common law, authorisation to take all appropriate…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Conformity and safety of products and services

Article R521-3

…L. 521-13, L. 521-14, L. 521-16, L. 521-20 and L. 521-23 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect of Police.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The family council

Article 399

The guardianship judge appoints the members of the family council for the duration of the guardianship. The family council is made up of at least four members, including the guardian and the subrogate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The family council

Article 398

Even in the presence of a testamentary guardian and unless there is a vacancy, guardianship is organised with a family council.

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