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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-6

…uros are replaced by their equivalent values expressed in CFP francs;6° References to the Banque de France are replaced by references to the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (IEOM)

Article R721-14

…endowment which is set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Overseas France.The incorporation of reserves into the capital endowment must be approved by order of these m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 203

The spouses contract together, by the mere fact of marriage, the obligation to feed, maintain and bring up their children.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 206

Son-in-law and daughter-in-law also owe maintenance to their father-in-law and mother-in-law in the same circumstances, but this obligation ceases when the spouse who produced the affinity and the chi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 208

Alimony shall be granted only in proportion to the need of the person claiming it, and the wealth of the person owing it. The judge may, even of his own motion, and according to the circumstances of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 207

The obligations resulting from these provisions are reciprocal.Nonetheless, when the creditor has himself committed a serious breach of his obligations towards the debtor, the judge may discharge the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 211

The family affairs judge will also rule on whether the father or mother who offers to receive, feed and maintain in his or her home, the child to whom he or she owes maintenance, should in this case b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 210

If the person who must provide maintenance justifies that he cannot pay the maintenance, the family affairs judge may, with full knowledge of the facts, order that he receive in his home, feed and mai…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 209

When either the provider or the recipient of food is returned to such a state, that one can no longer provide it, or the other no longer needs it in whole or in part, discharge or reduction may be req…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 205

Children owe maintenance to their father and mother or other ascendants who are in need.

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