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Showing 16111620 of 29733 articles for Art. CE 8-4-2022 n° 447694

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-8

When the hearing is ordered by a panel, the panel may hear the minor itself or appoint one of its members to conduct the hearing and report back to it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article 366-8

At the hearing, the parties shall be represented and assisted in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 931. The court rules after hearing the opinion of the public prosecutor.

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

Article 509-8

…asures in civil matters shall be made before the president of the judicial court ruling under the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

…abling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of the recipient, n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-8

…nationality shall be lost by any French person who, being employed in a foreign army or public service or in an international organisation to which France does not belong or more generally providing a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-8

Nationals of the ceding State domiciled in the annexed territories on the day of the transfer of sovereignty acquire French nationality, unless they effectively establish their domicile outside these…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-8

…he has the nationality of a foreign State, that he declines French nationality in the six months preceding his majority or in the twelve months following it. In the latter case, he is deemed never to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-8

…hen the formalities provided for in Article 171-2 have been complied with and the marriage has been celebrated in the forms customary in the country, it shall be entered in the civil status registers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-8

Changing the gender indication in civil status records has no effect on obligations contracted with third parties or on filiation established prior to this change.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Action for subsidies

Article 342-8

…subsidies does not raise any bar to a subsequent action for paternity. The award of subsidies will cease to have effect if the paternal filiation of the child is subsequently established against some…

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