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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377

The father and mother, together or separately, may, where circumstances so require, apply to the judge to have all or part of the exercise of their parental authority delegated to a third party, a fam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-1

Without prejudice to the application of article 36, public proceedings shall be initiated by the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who shall decide what action to take on the facts brou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The situation of employees during the observation period.

Article R631-26

The order issued by the official receiver pursuant to article L. 631-17 indicates the number of employees whose redundancy is authorised as well as the activities and professional categories concerned…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

…mall-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of activity, after deduction o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Notification to the assigning accountant

Article R2191-55

…e assigning public accountant designated in the contract in the form provided for in article R. 313-17 of the said code.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Procedure for recognition of statelessness

Article R582-3

…teless Persons is notified to the person concerned under the conditions laid down in Article R. 531-17.In the event of a decision recognising stateless status, the Director General of the Office infor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Secondment to another company

Article D5213-86

…one year of the termination of his contract, from the priority hiring mentioned in article L. 5213-17 if he expresses the wish to return to the adapted enterprise.In this case, the adapted enterprise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6264-5

…ommune of Saint-Barthélemy to capital expenditure for the Saint-Barthélemy secondary school between 1997 and 2006 inclusive; this amount is indexed to the growth rate of gross fixed capital formation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Review of balance sheets

Article 45

…rovisions). 3. The right to revise balance sheets is withdrawn in respect of price changes after 30 June 1959 (1).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-8

…re examined in accordance with the procedure and deadlines set out in the decree no. 2018-514 of 25 June 2018 on State grants for investment projects.

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