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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-9

…application for a declaration of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign deeds and instruments, provided for in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliamen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-2

A single record may be drawn up bearing statements relating to the birth and the marriage, unless the birth and the marriage have already been established by records entered in a register kept by a Fr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-4

…etween the statements in the foreign civil status record or the French consular civil status record and those in the record drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the said articles, the latter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil status of persons born abroad who acquire or recover French nationality.

Article 98-3

…referred to in articles 98 to 98- 2 also indicate:- the date on which they were drawn up;- the name and signature of the civil registrar;- the entries made in the margin of the record of which they ta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-9

…ing the intervention of a third-party donor, no filiation link may be established between the donor and the child resulting from the medically assisted procreation. No liability action may be brought…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-9

The decision entrusting the minor, on the basis of 5° of article 375-3, to an establishment receiving people hospitalised due to mental disorders, is ordered after a detailed medical opinion from a do…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-9

When violence committed within a couple, including where there is no cohabitation, or by a former spouse, a former partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or a former cohabitee, including where ther…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-9

…e month or less. The president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him hears the person and his lawyer. After verifying the reality of the facts and their legal classification, he may deci…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article L312-9

Withdrawal of approval means withdrawal of authorisation to open to the public.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-9

Unless otherwise provided, the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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