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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1175-1

…e decision granting a simple adoption is entered in the margin of the adopted person's birth certificate; Where the adopted person was born abroad, the decision is transcribed onto the registers of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Companies opening a first establishment in France.

Article R123-113

…party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area concerned by the last paragraph of Article R. 123-54 shall be filed at the latest at the same time as the application for registration or, where a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-11

…ity of the votes of the members present. In the event of a tie, the chairman of the meeting has the casting vote.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1148-1

Releases, cancellations of security interests, entries, transcriptions or publications made necessary by the divorce provided for in article 229-1 of the Civil Code are validly made in view of the pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-11

…request of the public prosecutor or at the request of the convicted offender presented, where applicable, through his lawyer, modify, add to or remove the obligations resulting from the said placemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-118

I.- The Committee is chaired by the Chief Medical Officer of the Armed Forces Hospital or the person designated by him for this purpose. The Vice-Chairman is appointed by the Chairman of the Committee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-12

The closure of the judicial liquidation or the proceedings provided for in article L. 645-1 suspends the effects of the cheque-writing ban to which the debtor is subject under article 65-3 of the decr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions

Article L773-11

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Credit and investment institutions

Article L774-11

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-12

For the adoption of the amending resolutions provided for in 4° of article R. 121-9 and those relating to building leases provided for in 9° of the same article, recourse to a procedure for consulting…

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