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Showing 25712580 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Entries in civil status registers

Article 28

Mention will be made, in the margin of the birth certificate, of administrative acts and declarations resulting in the acquisition, loss or reinstatement of French nationality. Mention will likewise b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Consequences of divorce for children

Article 286

The consequences of divorce for children are governed by the provisions of Chapter I of Title IX of this book.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R761-7

The provisions of this book are automatically applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: 1° References to the departmental prefect are replaced by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

For the "Contextualisation of violence" group, points for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crud…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 7: Conditions for determining the minimum wage for still-image journalists paid on a freelance basis

Article D132-28

The provisions of this section apply to professional journalists, as defined by article L. 7111-3 of the Labour Code, who derive the majority of their income from the use of still images and who occas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R782-3

I. - Are applicable in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R783-3

I. - The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-4

The Ministry of Justice is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data known as "Cassiopée", comprising the application known as the "automated national order office for judicial pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the national conference

Article R 1424-61

The members of the Conférence nationale des services d'incendie et de secours are renewed following each election of representatives of the départements to the boards of directors of the fire and resc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-28

The signature affixed to a document referred to in article L. 1111-25 means that: 1° The person cared for has taken note of the content of the document and, where applicable, consents to it; 2° The pr…

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