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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Absentees

Article 1062

Applications relating to the presumption of absence shall be submitted to the guardianship judge exercising his functions at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the person whose presumption o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Absentees

Article 1063

…shall be made, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to guardianship of adults.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Absentees

Article 1068

The time limit within which extracts from the judgment declaring absence must be published may not exceed six months from the pronouncement of that judgment; it shall be mentioned in the extracts subm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1073

…the cases provided for by law or regulation, he shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1079

The compensatory allowance may not be provisionally enforced. However, it may be provisionally enforced in whole or in part, where failure to enforce would have manifestly excessive consequences for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure.

Article R2324-11

On receipt of the information referred to in article R. 2324-10, the prefect of the department in which the holiday or leisure centre is located shall refer the matter to the president of the departme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-11

…spect for the rights of the persons concerned by the health data, including in particular: the procedures for exercising data portability rights; - the procedures for notifying the data controller of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-11

…ting the Agence nationale chargée de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail and the Académie nationale de médecine: 1° The procedures for manufacturing, holding with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-11

…L. 533-11 to L. 533-16. Direct marketers shall provide the canvassed person, on paper or on another durable medium, in a clear and comprehensible manner, with the information they need to make a decis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-11

…or for the reports referred to in the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 236-9, and Article L. 236-10.However, one or more shareholders of the acquiring company representing at least 5% of the share…

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