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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Closed-end funds governed by foreign law whose units or shares are traded on a financial instruments market

Article L214-138

…e admitted to trading on a financial instruments market referred to in Article L. 421-1 or a multilateral trading facility referred to in Article L. 424-1, the units or shares of a closed-end investme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-10

The contractor-employee contract referred to in 2° of Article L. 7331-2 specifies the deadlines and procedures by which the contractor-employee becomes a member of the cooperative under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-1

The activity and employment cooperative assumes all the legal, regulatory and contractual obligations inherent in the exercise of the economic activity of each employee-entrepreneur with whom it concl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Member and former member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2411-10

The dismissal of a member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee may only take place with the authorisation of the labour inspector. This authorisation is also requ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-3

…ority with jurisdiction over the place of celebration of the marriage, the hearing and individual interviews with the future spouses referred to in article 63 are performed by the civil registrar of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-2

…of a French national must be preceded by the issue of a certificate of capacity to marry drawn up after completion, with the diplomatic or consular authority competent with regard to the place of cele…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-4

…147, 161, 162, 163, 180 or 191, the diplomatic or consular authority shall immediately refer the matter to the competent public prosecutor and inform the interested parties.The Public Prosecutor may,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-1

…d person, natural or legal, as a mandatary of the succession, for the purpose of temporarily administering the succession due to the inertia, failure or fault of one or more heirs in this administrati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 814-1

In all circumstances, the heir accepting up to the amount of the net assets may ask the judge to appoint any qualified person as mandatary of the succession for the purpose of substituting him in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136-1

…nce enforcement judge may order, on the release of this person, if his condition justifies it and after medical advice, an obligation of care for a period that he fixes and which may not exceed five y…

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