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Showing 34613470 of 38105 articles for Art. Art. D 227-3

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 369

Reasons must be given for the judgment revoking the adoption.The operative part of the judgment is mentioned in the margin of the birth certificate or the transcription of the adoption judgment, under…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 366

In the adopted person's estate, in the absence of descendants and a surviving spouse, the property donated by the adopter or received into his or her estate reverts to the adopter or his or her descen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377

The father and mother, together or separately, may, where circumstances so require, apply to the judge to have all or part of the exercise of their parental authority delegated to a third party, a fam…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 365

The adopted person and his or her descendants have, in the adopter's family, the succession rights provided for in Chapter III of Title I of Book III.The adopted person and his or her descendants do n…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-18

The rapporteurs of each committee are placed under the authority of its chairman, who draws up a list of rapporteurs from among serving or retired administrative judges or civil servants, with the agr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-21

While this does not preclude the voluntary application of any more restrictive rules and the implementation of complementary actions, decided by itself or by the most representative professional body…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article D221-5

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 221-9 relating to the appointment of a statutory auditor, the balance sheet total is set at 4,000,000 euros, the amount of turnover excluding…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-5

The provisions of Title II of decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 on the codification and amendment of texts relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of dé…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: The share savings plan.

Article D221-109

The opening of a share savings plan is the subject of a written contract between the subscriber and one of the bodies mentioned in article L. 221-30.This contract informs the subscriber that only one…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Employers' groups for integration and qualification

Article D1253-49

The Fédération française des groupements d'employeurs pour l'insertion et la qualification has fifteen days from the date of the committee's opinion to notify the employers' group of its decision by r…

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