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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259

The restoration of the protected person's personal faculties is established by a medical certificate no more than two months old, issued by a doctor chosen from the list mentioned in article 431 of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 127

If the person sought under a warrant to bring is found more than two hundred kilometres from the seat of the examining magistrate who issued the warrant, and it is not possible to bring him before tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIa: Profits on forward financial instruments

Article 150 ter

1. Subject to the provisions specific to industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits and agricultural profits, net profits realised, directly, through an intermediary or via a trust, on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 D

I. - The flat-rate tax referred to in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to land-based electricity production facilities using mechanical wind energy and electricity production facilities using hydrauli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 120

The investigating judge directs the questioning, confrontations and hearings. The public prosecutor and the lawyers for the parties and the assisted witness may ask questions or make brief observation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 126

Any person arrested by virtue of a summons, who has been held for more than twenty-four hours without being questioned, is considered to be arbitrarily detained. The Articles 432-4 to 432-6 of the Pen…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Transit.

Article 126

1. Goods permanently excluded from the transit procedure shall be designated by decree of the Council of State issued on the report of the Minister for the Economy and Finance. 2. Decrees issued by th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1226

At the hearing, the judge hears the applicant for protection, the adult to be protected, unless the judge applies the provisions of the second paragraph of article 432 or 494-4 of the Civil Code and,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 125

The application initiating proceedings may be made as early as one year before the expiry of the time limits provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 122. The declaration of absence is made at le…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 121

These same provisions do not apply to presumed absentees or persons mentioned in Article 120 when they have left sufficient power of attorney to represent them and administer their property. The same…

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