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Showing 27612770 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4322-59

Insofar as is compatible with the quality and effectiveness of patient care, the chiropodist must limit his actions and prescriptions to what is strictly necessary.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Support for cultural industries

Article R1511-43-4

Per year, the amount of the grant awarded, on the basis of Article L. 2251-5, by the communes and their groupings, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, the collectivity of Saint-Martin and the commun…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

I. - By way of derogation from Article 509-2, applications for the recognition or establishment of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VIII: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R281-5

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° The references to the benefits mentioned in articles L. 160-8 and L. 160-9 of the Social Security Code are replaced by the reference to the benefits men…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-5

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment for a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to 6° or 7° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 to fail to comply with the obliga…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 450

When no family member or close relative can take on the guardianship or tutorship, the judge shall appoint a judicial representative for the protection of adults from the list provided for in

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 447

…tor or tutor is deemed, with regard to third parties, to have received from the others the power to carry out alone those acts for which a tutor would require no authorisation. The judge may divide th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 446

A curator or tutor is appointed for the protected person under the conditions set out in this paragraph and subject to the powers conferred on the family council if it has been constituted.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 451

If justified by the interests of the person accommodated or cared for in a healthcare establishment or in a social or medico-social establishment, the judge may appoint, as curator or guardian, a pers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 448

…easure, who exercise parental authority over their minor child or assume the material and emotional care of their child of full age appoint one or more persons to perform the duties of curator or guar…

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