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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

1. Any person found by a court of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-4

In the cases specified in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of the previous article, the judge may instruct either a qualified person or an open observation, education or re-education service to provide help and advi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-4

…s: 1° The arrival of the stipulated term; 2° The renunciation of the mandatary; 3° The judicial revocation, at the request of an interested heir or his representative, in the event of the absence or d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secondment contract.

Article L1251-43

…° The reason for using the temporary employee. This statement must be accompanied by precise justification, including, in particular, in the case of replacements as provided for in 1°, 4° and 5° of ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-45

…du 5 juillet 1996 relative au développement et à la promotion du commerce et de l'artisanat ; 2° Le cas échéant, de l'obligation de qualification professionnelle des personnes exerçant certaines activ…

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

Article 419

…the judge and the opposing party of his intention. Where representation is compulsory, the lawyer may not be discharged from his representation mandate until the day on which he is replaced by a new…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 458

What is prescribed by articles 447,451,454, as regards the mention of the names of judges, 455 (paragraph 1) and 456 (paragraphs 1 and 2) must be observed on pain of nullity. However, no nullity may s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 403

…f he or she has retained, on the day of death, the exercise of parental authority. This appointment may only be made in the form of a will or a special declaration before a notary. It is binding on th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 479

…e protection of the person, the rights and obligations of the mandatary are defined by the articles 457-1 to 459-2. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten. The mandate may provide that th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44

…d or e of 1° of I of Article R. 752-6, before and after completion of the project, with, where applicable, details of the sales area of each business whose sales area reaches or exceeds 300 m2 , befor…

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