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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D4622-32

The inter-company committee or the inspection commission is informed : 1° Any change of sector or assignment of a doctor in a company or establishment with fifty or more employees; 2° Observations and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D4622-31

The inter-company committee or the inspection commission is consulted on the organisation and operation of the occupational health and safety service, in particular on : 1° The budget and the implemen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 31

The action is open to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or rejection of a claim, subject to cases in which the law attributes the right to act only to persons whom it qualifies t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Termination of proceedings.

Article 385

Principally, the proceedings are extinguished by the effect of the lapse of time, the discontinuance of the proceedings or the lapse of the summons.In these cases, the finding that the proceedings are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 382

Legal administration is the responsibility of the parents. If parental authority is exercised jointly by both parents, each parent is the legal administrator. In other cases, legal administration belo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Driving licence

Article 328

The circulation permit is valid for a maximum of one month and for the communes included in the district of the post from which it originates. In the event of a move to another district, it may be exc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 342

A party wishing to challenge a judge or request that the case be referred on grounds of legitimate suspicion to another court of the same nature must, on pain of inadmissibility, do so as soon as he i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 370

As from the notification made to the other party, the proceedings are interrupted by:- the death of a party in cases where the action is transmissible;- the cessation of functions of the legal represe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I of this Part are applicable to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In the sixth paragraph of article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 351

Placement with a view to adoption concerns wards of the state or children judicially declared abandoned. In the case of full adoption, it also concerns children for whom adoption has been validly and…

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