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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Sale of real estate and businesses belonging to minors under guardianship or adults under guardianship.

Article 1271

…f real estate and businesses belonging to minors under guardianship or to adults under guardianship may only be ordered on the basis of a deliberation by the family council stating the nature of the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms of self-employed practice

Article R4321-129

…practice is that of the professional residence in respect of which, in accordance with article L. 4321-10, he is registered on the roll of the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre.In the case of practice…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Notifications

Article 1231

Notifications that must be made at the registry's behest are made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt; the judge may, however, decide that they will be made by bailiff's deed. The iss…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1246

The court may, even of its own motion, substitute a new decision for that of the guardianship judge or the deliberation of the family council. Until the close of the proceedings before the court, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Banking Inclusion Observatory

Article R312-12

…rvatory: 1° One member nominated by the Director General of the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques; 2° One member nominated by the Director of Research, Studies, Evaluation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 123

…rtificate of discharge given by the customs officers. 2. The Director General of Customs and Excise may, in order to prevent fraud, make the discharge of sureties given to guarantee the export or re-e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 122

…he judgment which established the presumption of absence, either in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 112, or during one of the legal proceedings provided for in articles 217 and 219,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 125

…e questioned under the same conditions. However, if the questioning cannot be immediate, the person may be held by the police or gendarmerie for a maximum of twenty-four hours following his arrest bef…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1292

…of the judicial courts within the jurisdiction of which both spouses were born, for the purpose of retention in the civil register and publication by mention in the margin of the birth certificate in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-121

…4° "Nervous system"; 5° "Cardiovascular"; 6° "Pneumology"; 7° "Digestive system, endocrinology, diabetology, nutrition"; 8° "Burns"; 9° "Addictive behaviours"; 10° "Paediatrics" comprising the followi…

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