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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 463

…ge or the family council if it has been constituted shall decide the conditions under which the curator or guardian entrusted with the task of protecting the person shall give an account of the steps…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 461

The person under curatorship may not, without the assistance of the curator, sign the agreement by which he or she enters into a civil solidarity pact. No assistance is required during the joint decla…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

…xcept in the cases provided for in Article 458, the protected person alone takes decisions relating to their person insofar as their condition allows.Where the condition of the protected person does n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 460

The person responsible for the protective measure shall be informed in advance of the intended marriage of the adult whom he or she assists or represents.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 462

…rdianship is assisted by his or her guardian when signing the agreement by which he or she enters into a civil solidarity pact. No assistance or representation is required during the joint declaration…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-48

…411-51, to the financing of the following development expenditure: 1° Salaries and remuneration p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-8

The court shall set the date of cessation of payments after seeking the debtor's observations. If this date is not determined, the cessation of payments is deemed to have occurred on the date of the j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

I. - Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board and any person who in any capacity participates in the direction or management of an investment firm or portfolio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The agent appointed pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 643-9

Article R663-40-4

The liquidator's remuneration is determined by the president of the court on the basis of a detailed account. Where appropriate, the president of the court then makes a final decision on the remunerat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-7

1. An applicant for a patent who wishes to avail himself of the priority of an earlier filing shall be required to file a declaration of priority and to prove the existence of the earlier application…

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