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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316-1

Where there are serious indications, based where applicable on the civil registrar's hearing of the person who acknowledged the child, that the acknowledgement is fraudulent, the civil registrar shall…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption judgment

Article 353-1

Adoption is granted at the request of the adopter or adopters by the judicial court, which verifies within a period of six months from the date of referral to the court whether the conditions of the l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-1

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events, and that proposes by its articles of association to combat racism or to assist victims of discriminatio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352

…ovided for in the previous paragraph, on expiry of the four-month period provided for by Decree no. 2001-908 of 3 October 2001 implementing the second paragraph of Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-2

Any clause providing for indexation based on the minimum growth wage, on the general level of prices or wages or on the prices of goods, products or services not directly related to the purpose of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Jurisdiction and prescription.

Article L114-1

All actions arising from an insurance contract are subject to a limitation period of two years from the event giving rise to the claim. By way of exception, actions arising from an insurance contract…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

…asses 3 to 9 of article R. 321-1, as amended on the date of publication of the amending finance law 2013-1279 of 29 December 2013, and taken out with a company mentioned in article L. 310-2. The amoun…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L521-4

I.-Prior to the conclusion of any insurance contract, the distributor referred to in Article L. 511-1 shall specify in writing, on the basis of information obtained from the prospective subscriber or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-6

By decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the sums entered in an automatic account may be carried over to another automatic account exclusively in the event of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Direct production allowances for production conditions

Article 211-74

…under the groups mentioned in I of articles…

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