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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 512

…lly by the subrogated guardian where one has been appointed or by the family council where article 457 is applied. Where several persons have been appointed under the conditions of article 447 for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 508

…of the court of the filing of such application. The judgment shall not be enforceable and the court may not rule on the merits until a decision has been made on the said application.As soon as the cou…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-5

From 1st January 2009, any person performing the duties of the project manager mentioned in article R. 342-4 must first be approved by the director of the technical service for ski lifts and guided tr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 599

…ng before a court other than that which gave it, the court hearing the case in which it is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard it or stay it until the application for revision has…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 502

…the public prosecution to the penalties imposed under the conditions provided for in this paragraph may, in accordance with the procedures provided for in the first paragraph, go back on this limitati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 55

…graph applies. Where a birth has not been declared within the legal time limit, the civil registrar may only record it in his registers by virtue of a judgment given by the court of the district in wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 587

…pal claim shall be brought before the court from which the contested judgment emanates.The decision may be handed down by the same magistrates.Where the third-party objection is directed against a jud…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality

Article A212-53

The organisation of the "socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality of the Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is set out in the relevant Order of 20 November 2006.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Remuneration of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the implementation of the agreement and the expert.

Article R611-52

…nefit of provisions to the agent for the execution of the agreement, pursuant to Article R. 611-47, may specify that they will be allocated at the end of each of the years of the execution of the agre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Remuneration of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the implementation of the agreement and the expert.

Article R611-51

…ision is communicated by the court clerk to the public prosecutor. The provisions of article R. 611-50 are applicable. When the assignment prepared as part of the conciliation is implemented after the…

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