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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2440

When the legal mortgage has been registered pursuant to article 2394, and unless there is an express clause in the marriage contract prohibiting it, the spouse who is the beneficiary of the registrati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2441

…istrator may, in the same cases, where a registration has been made on his immovables under Article 2398, apply to the guardianship judge to reduce it, either as regards the encumbered immovables or a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2442

Judgments on the claims of a spouse, guardian or legal administrator in the cases provided for in the preceding articles shall be given in the forms regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure. If the co…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R152-2

…departmental council are replaced by the reference to the territorial council of Saint-Barthélemy; 2° The references to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the president of the territorial cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-2

The conditions under which the employers referred to in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 are required to transmit, by electronic means, the declaration referred to in I of article L. 1262-2-1 of this…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

…of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising parental auth…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-2

The delegation contract is amended in the event of the partial withdrawal of a delegation entrusted to a federation. It is also amended when changes to the documents appended to the contract are such…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-29

…elating to information technology, files and freedoms, as well as the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-28

…elating to information technology, files and freedoms, as well as the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-2

…practitioner whose family situation allows him/her to benefit from the provisions of article R. 6152-45 may request a change in the number of hours worked instead of granting parental leave, under th…

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