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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services.

Article R4311-39

The service provider shall inform the competent national health insurance body of his service in advance by sending a copy of the receipt referred to in Article R. 4311-38-2 or by any other means.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services.

Article R4311-38

The declaration provided for in article L. 4311-22 shall be sent to the Conseil national de l'ordre before the first service is provided.It shall include information relating to civil status, national…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Special provisions relating to guarantee calls.

Article 337

A judgment given against the formal guarantor may, in all cases, be enforced against the guaranteed party on the sole condition that it has been notified to him.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-5-3

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and by way of derogation from Article R. 561-5-2, when the measures provided for in 1° to 3° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented: 1° The per…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 319

In the case of an offence affecting a person's parentage, the criminal action may only be decided after the judgment on the question of parentage has become res judicata.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-31

The terms and conditions for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular the conditions for the authorisation of the agents mentioned in 2° of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police, the following are competent to record by official report the offences provided for by the decree mentioned in Article L. 123-31: 1° The deput…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-3

The Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) decides, after a single investigation, whether to recognise refugee sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-1

The legal administrator may not, without the prior authorisation of the guardianship judge:1° Sell by mutual agreement a property or a business belonging to the minor;2° Bring into partnership a prope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

On the occasion of the control referred to in the preceding article, the judge may ask the legal administrator to submit to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court an annu…

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