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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 470

The person under curatorship may freely test subject to the provisions of article 901. She may only make gifts with the assistance of the curator. The curator is deemed to be in opposition of interest…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 472

…also, at any time, order enhanced guardianship. In this case, the curator alone collects the income of the person under curatorship from an account opened in the latter's name. He pays third parties f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 471

At any time, the judge may, by derogation from article 467, list certain acts that the person under curatorship has the capacity to perform alone or, conversely, add other acts to those for which the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A ter

The option for the simplified tax regime for industrial and commercial profits may be exercised each year. New companies exercise this option within the deadlines set for filing the declaration concer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits for expert appraisals

Article R2315-47

The expert submits his report at the latest fifteen days before the expiry of the deadlines for consultation of the Social and Economic Committee mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Provisions common to turnover tax and industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A ter B

The provisions of article 302 septies A bis are not applicable to natural or legal persons or to legal or de facto groupings of persons who carry out an occult activity within the meaning of the secon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-47

A technical device may be used, by means of airborne cameras, for the purpose of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording without their consent the image of one or more persons in a public place,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 475-1

The court shall sentence the offender or the person civilly liable pursuant to Article 470-1 to pay the civil party the sum it determines, in respect of costs not paid by the State and incurred by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 470-2

The criminal court may not acquit the accused on the basis of one of the grounds of lack of criminal responsibility provided for by articles 122-2,122-3,122-4,122-5 and 122-7 of the Penal Code only af…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

In the event of an award of damages, where articles 706-15-1 and 706-15-2 are applicable, the convicted person present at the end of the hearing is informed that in the absence of voluntary payment wi…

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