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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100-1

Legal acts are expressions of will intended to produce legal effects. They may be conventional or unilateral.They obey, as a matter of course, for their validity and effects, the rules that govern con…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100

Obligations arise from juridical acts, juridical facts or the sole authority of the law.They may arise from the voluntary performance or promise of performance of a conscientious duty towards others.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Book III: General provisions

Article R343-2

When a case is referred to it for the purposes of infringement seizure pursuant to Article L. 343-1, the court may ex officio order the temporary sequestration of the seized items in order to ensure t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Book III: General provisions

Article R343-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 343-2 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-142

…out surgical activity in the form of full hospitalisation, allowing the patient to be transferred. III.A home hospitalisation authorisation bearing the wording "base" may only be granted if the holde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R743-13

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-1

…aving regard to the family relationship with the person and the nature of the anomaly being sought. III - If the person expresses the wish to inform all or some of the interested parties themselves, t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-8

An emancipated minor may be a trader with the authorisation of the guardianship judge at the time of the emancipation decision and of the president of the judicial court if he makes this request after…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-1

A minor is emancipated by right through marriage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-6

An emancipated minor is capable, like an adult, of all acts of civil life. He must nevertheless, in order to marry or give himself up for adoption, observe the same rules as if he were not emancipated…

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