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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29

When the investigating chamber or a trial court decides, in accordance with Article 706-135 of this code, to involuntarily hospitalise the person in an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 421

All organs of the judicial protection measure are liable for damage resulting from any fault they commit in the performance of their duties. However, except in the case of reinforced guardianship, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-4-4

…1-7 ;2° The deadlines for completing the various stages;3° The information that the account holder may be required to provide;4° The procedures for referring any complaints to the customer relations…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-4

The amount of the grant is set at €20,000.When the application is submitted by two authors, the amount of the grant is shared as agreed between them.The grant is paid in a single instalment at the tim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

…ng tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duration, long-term bonds and notes issued in acco…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 294

The judge settles any difficulties in carrying out the handwriting verification, in particular as regards the determination of the comparison documents.His decision takes the form either of a simple m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-40

Subject to the provisions of article A. 322-41, operators of establishments existing on 6 July 1999 must comply with the provisions of article A. 322-20, the second paragraph of article A. 322-24, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L956-4

For the application of articles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: House arrest where removal is deferred

Article L731-4

The administrative authority may place foreign nationals subject to an unenforced expulsion order under house arrest if their state of health requires medical care, the lack of which could have except…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Travel expenses

Article A444-48

The travel expenses mentioned in a of 3° of I of article Annexe 4-8 shall be subject to a flat-rate reimbursement: 1° Equal to thirty-two times the 1st class rail mileage tax for each document served,…

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