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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-56

The director of the public interdepartmental fire and rescue establishment is appointed by the chairman of the board of directors. The duties of director may be entrusted, where appropriate, to the de…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 168

The judge shall give a ruling on the spot if the difficulty arises in the course of a transaction in which he is carrying out or assisting. In all other cases, the judge seised without form shall fix…

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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
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 77

In non-contentious matters, the court may note of its own motion that it does not have territorial jurisdiction. In contentious matters, he may do so only in disputes relating to the status of persons…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XII: Legal representation and assistance.

Article 416

Anyone intending to represent or assist a party must prove that they have received the mandate or assignment to do so. A lawyer is, however, exempt from proving this. A bailiff benefits from the same…

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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
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 187

In all cases where, in accordance with Article 184, an action for nullity may be brought by all those who have an interest in it; it may not be brought by collateral relatives, or by children born of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-7

Where the parents refuse to consent to the adoption of their child in respect of whom they have lost interest to the risk of compromising the child's health or morals, the court may order the adoption…

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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 Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 605

The usufructuary is only liable for maintenance repairs. Major repairs remain the responsibility of the owner, unless they have been caused by a failure to carry out maintenance repairs since the usuf…

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