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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary suspension of right to practise on grounds of infirmity or medical condition

Article R4124-3-3

The provisions of articles R. 4124-3-1 and R. 4124-3-2 are applicable before the national council. Its decision is also notified to the regional or inter-regional council. The notification shall state…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L785-3

…n of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromArticleL. 613-20-1, with the exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 Janua…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishment of filiation by possession of status

Article 317

…rents or the child may apply to a notary for the issue of an acte de notoriété, which will be evidence of possession of status until proven otherwise.The acte de notoriété is established on the basis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R754-3

…licable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13 t…

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

Article 352

…toms administration, claims for the payment of rents and claims for the return of goods, with the exception of claims made pursuant to Articles 236 to 239 of the Community Customs Code, shall be submi…

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

Article 353

…vis-à-vis the debtors, three years after each expired year, from the custody of the registers of receipts and other documents of the said year, without being obliged to represent them, if there were…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354

Subject to article 354 bis, the administration's right of recovery is exercised within a period of three years from the chargeable event. The limitation period is interrupted by the notification of a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Cases where short-term prescriptions are not used.

Article 355

…which is repeated.2. Repealed.3. The action for recovery of debts authenticated by means of the notice of assessment provided for in Article 345 shall be time-barred pursuant to the provisions of Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Relations between the adopter and the adopted person

Article 346

Adoption between ascendants and descendants in the direct line and between brothers and sisters is prohibited. However, the court may order adoption if there are serious grounds which the interests of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Relations between the adopter and the adopted person

Article 347

…ers must be fifteen years older than the children they propose to adopt. However, where the difference in age is less than that provided for in the preceding paragraph, the court may order the adoptio…

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