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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-1

The declaration with a view to losing French nationality may be made from the time the application to acquire foreign nationality is lodged and, at the latest, within one year of the date of that acqu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Forfeiture of French nationality

Article 25-1

Discontinuance is only incurred if the acts of which the person concerned is accused and referred to in article 25 occurred prior to the acquisition of French nationality or within ten years of the da…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377-2

The delegation may, in all cases, be terminated or transferred by a new judgment, if new circumstances can be justified. In the event that the restitution of the child is granted to the father and mot…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Jurisdiction and prescription.

Article L114-2

The limitation period is interrupted by one of the ordinary causes of interruption of the limitation period and by the appointment of experts following a claim. The interruption of prescription of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-2

The competent administrative authority shall inform the public prosecutor by any means of the action taken on the inspector's report.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-2

I. - Everyone has the right to be informed about their state of health. This information relates to the various investigations, treatments or preventive actions proposed, their usefulness, any urgency…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial police officers carrying out their duties in vehicles used for the collective transport of passengers

Article R15-28

Officers or judicial police officers belonging to the departments or units designated in articles R. 15-29 to R. 15-33 are competent, within the limits defined by these articles, to carry out their du…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Safety of healthcare establishments in the event of power system failure.

Article R6111-22

The safety of healthcare establishments in the event of a failure in the energy network is ensured under the conditions set out in sub-section 1 of section 4 of chapter II of title III of book VII of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Overall result

Article 223 B

The overall result is determined by the parent company by making the algebraic sum of the results of each of the companies in the group, determined under the conditions of ordinary law or in accordanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

The judicial police officers and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person…

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