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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 468

…opened in his sole name and mentioning his protection regime, with an establishment authorised to receive funds from the public. The person under curatorship may not, without the assistance of the cur…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 469

…perform a specific act alone or cause guardianship to be opened. If the curator refuses his assistance with an act for which his assistance is required, the person under curatorship may apply to the j…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 471

At any time, the judge may, by derogation from article 467, list certain acts that the person under curatorship has the capacity to perform alone or, conversely, add other acts to those for which the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-3

…g measures carried out as part of the pathway for integration through economic activity, in accordance with the following conditions:it may not be granted under a part-time employment contract conclud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…nform the administration in writing of a conviction, even if not final, for one or more of the offences mentioned in II of this article, handed down against a person whose professional or social activ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-49-2

…particular Articles L. 640-4 and L. 640-5 of the French Commercial Code, compulsory liquidation proceedings instituted by Book VI of the French Commercial Code may only be opened against a person sub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-49-3

…dentiel et de résolution, at the request of the collège de résolution, may ask any court to stay proceedings in any case to which a person subject to resolution proceedings is or becomes a party durin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-49-1

…titution mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 613-34 if the conditions for triggering a resolution procedure mentioned in II of Article L. 613-49 are met in respect of both the financial institution and…

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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

…dge may, in consideration of the situation of the protected person, the abilities of the persons concerned and the size of the assets to be administered, appoint several curators or several tutors to…

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