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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to adults.

Article 1256

Where the medical certificate described by article 431 of the Civil Code and the medical opinion referred to in articles 426 and 432 of the same code are requested by the public prosecutor or ordered…

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

Article 1259

…more than two months old, issued by a doctor chosen from the list mentioned in article 431 of the Civil Code, referred to by the beneficiary of the mandate, the mandator or his agent and establishing…

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

Article 1258

…f the future protection mandate established pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code, the mandatary shall appear in person at the registry of the judicial court in whose jurisd…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Common provisions.

Article R4534-125

In application of the provisions of this sub-section and prior to the start of the work, the employer: 1° Shall have the necessary protective devices installed; 2° Shall inform the workers, by means o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1252-1

…e police commissioner, the commander of the gendarmerie brigade or the mayor, to draw up a descriptive inventory of the furniture and, if the premises are unoccupied, to ensure their closure and to ke…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1251-1

…ce mentioned in the first paragraph of article 1251 or of the decision of the guardianship judge provided for in article 1249 : 1° The judicial authorities; 2° Persons who are entitled, under article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities

Article R1432-125

…nformation and debate. It deals with the issues mentioned in the fourth paragraph of III of article L. 1432-11.Subject to the powers vested in the ministerial social administration committees attached…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-125

When a member decides to transfer all or part of his shares to a third party, the proposed transfer is notified to the company and to each member by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quater : Tax reduction for interest on deferred payment granted when a farm is transferred

Article 199 vicies A

…poses within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a reduction in income tax on the interest received in respect of the deferred payment they grant to farmers aged under forty who are setting up or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractors (R)

Article D2223-125

…ncludes theoretical tests and an assessment of practical in-company training. Only candidates who have completed the entire theoretical training as defined in article D. 2223-122.

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