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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Parentage and subsidies

Article 1157-3

…ned that the child is not the result of medically assisted procreation or that consent has been deprived of effect;-in cases where consent has been deprived of effect;-in the possibility of having the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Parentage and subsidies

Article 1157-2

…eation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, as provided for in article 342-10 of the Civil Code , consents to this by declaration before a notary. For couples, this declaration is made j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-1

…1° to 3° may be accompanied by a penalty payment. The injunction shall specify the amount and effective date of the penalty payment. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the maximum daily amount of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-8

…s policy must be consistent with the company's corporate interests, contribute to its long-term survival and be in line with its business strategy. It describes all the components of fixed and variabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 A

…he tax is:1° Where the goods are the subject of a supply located in France, in accordance with I to IV of Article 258, or a distance selling of goods imported, dispatched or transported to another Mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-48

…professional clients; 3° Professional clients and eligible counterparties, in the absence of an equivalence decision by the European Commission as provided for in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-32

…cturing professional branches, initiate a procedure to merge the scope of application of the collective agreements of a branch with that of a related branch with similar social and economic conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12

…to ordering the immediate release of a psychiatric care measure ordered pursuant to Chapters II to IV of this Title or Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, regardless of the form of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

The status of judicial representative registered on the list is incompatible with the exercise of any other profession. It is, moreover, incompatible with: 1° All activities of a commercial nature, wh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-14-1

I.-For civil servants or public employees of the State and its public establishments falling within the categories defined in the appendix to this article and who are the authors of an invention menti…

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