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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-6

…tor, the consular civil registrar may only transcribe the foreign marriage record onto French civil status registers after the spouses have submitted a judicial release decision.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 198

…marriage is acquired by the result of criminal proceedings, the entry of the judgment in the civil status registers ensures that the marriage has full civil effects from the day of its celebration, b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 103

The witnesses take an oath to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The judge asks them for their surname, first names, age, status, profession, residence, whether they are related or allied…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-5

…the nationalisation of certain insurance companies and to the insurance industry in France have the status of commercial companies.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the additional annual remuneration due to performers

Article R327-5

Any change in the status or general regulations and any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing bodies of an approved organisation must be communicated to the Minister resp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-5

Any change of status or general regulations, and any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing bodies of an approved organisation must be communicated to the Minister respons…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-3

Any change in the status or general regulations, or any cessation of function of a member of the governing and deliberative bodies of an approved organisation shall be communicated to the Minister res…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisations authorised to manage reprographic reproduction rights

Article R322-3

Any change in status, or in the general regulations, or any termination of office of a member of the governing and deliberative bodies of an approved organisation shall be communicated to the Minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Judicial police

Article 809-2

…nd agents mentioned in Article 35 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia are deputy judicial police officers under the conditions set out in Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Definitions.

Article L7412-2

…bject or by a supplier indicated by the client and to whom the worker is obliged to go, retains the status of homeworker.

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