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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO PART TWO

Article Annexe 22-1

STANDARD AGREEMENT, REFERRED TO IN 1° OF ARTICLE R. 2212-9, SETTING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH DOCTORS AND MIDWIVES CARRY OUT VOLUNTARY INTERRUPTIONS OF PREGNANCY BY MEDICATION OUTSIDE HEALTH ESTABLIS…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Deposits and deposits on account

Article L214-1

…renege on their commitment, the consumer losing the deposit, the professional returning twice as much.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article L521-13

The foreign national is required to cooperate with the competent administrative authority with a view to establishing his/her identity, nationality or nationalities, family situation, history since hi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 126

Where the situation giving rise to the plea of inadmissibility is capable of being regularised, the inadmissibility will be set aside if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules. The same…

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

Article 21-8

…ority or in the twelve months following it. In the latter case, he is deemed never to have been French.

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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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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Guardianship acts

Article 473

Subject to cases where the law or custom authorises the person under guardianship to act himself, the guardian represents him in all acts of civil life. However, the judge may, in the opening judgment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 592

In all other cases, the usufructuary may not touch the tall trees: he may only use, to make the repairs for which he is liable, trees uprooted or broken by accident; he may even, for this purpose, hav…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88-1

The deposit set pursuant to Article 88 guarantees payment of the civil fine that may be imposed pursuant to Article 177-2.The sum deposited is returned when this fine has not been imposed by the inves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 248

There are two assessors. However, they may be joined by one or more additional assessors if the duration or importance of the session makes this necessary. The additional assessors sit at the hearings…

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