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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 175-1

The Public Prosecutor's Office may lodge an opposition in cases where it could request the nullity of the marriage.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-17

If necessary, the judge may declare the decision enforceable on the basis of the minutes alone.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Failure to comply with house arrest requirements

Article L733-17

…f a terrorist nature shall be punished in accordance with the conditions laid down in Articles L. 824-4 to L. 824-7.The detailed rules for the application of this article shall be laid down by decree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-17

…ct infectivity markers; 3° The nature of the analysis consisting of searching for the virus genome; 4° The procedures for using the results of the analyses defined in this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-17

Doctors may only carry out medically assisted procreation in the cases and under the conditions laid down by law.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Infringement of the obligation to present accounts in electronic form, cost accounting or consolidated accounts

Article 1729 G

…y in the payment of sums due in respect of the advance payment provided for in 2° of 2 of Article 204 A or the additional withholding tax provided for in IV of Article 204 H shall give rise to the app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-17

…for social affairs to sign the appointment orders on their behalf. The members appointed under 1°, 4° and 5° of I of article D. 1432-15 are appointed for a term of four years. The members mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-17

An orthopaedic surgeon, a chiropodist-orthotist, an ocularist, an epithesist or an orthopaedic surgeon-orthotist may be registered in only one department or only in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. In the ev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-17

If the initial budget is rejected, the institution deliberates within two months on a new budget, taking into account the observations of the supervisory authority.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-170

…5 partners: €37.73 per file;2° In the case of acquisition by a legal entity, above 5 partners: €75.46 per file.Renewal of the extract from the criminal record, with reinitialisation of the applicatio…

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