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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication and proof of judgments

Article 1082

A note of the divorce or legal separation shall be made in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses, in view of an extract of the decision containing onl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-1

…taff mentioned in article L. 6147-9 who work there: 1° Doctors, odontologists and pharmacists whose status, which may include specific provisions depending on whether these practitioners devote all or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.

Article R512-52

The number of seats to be filled, which may not exceed three, is determined for each Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance on the basis of the total amount of shares in the affiliated local savings compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-6

Applications for approval must include :- the name, legal status and address of the organisation ;- extract no. 3 from the criminal record of the head of the organisation, dated less than three months…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Age requirements

Article R6222-1-1

…ople who reach the age of fifteen before the end of the calendar year may be enrolled, under school status, in a vocational lycée or in an apprentice training centre to begin their training, under the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

…urisdiction may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or one of the parties, to the Criminal Divisio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 365

…provided for in Chapter III of Title I of Book III.The adopted person and his or her descendants do not, however, have the status of a reserved heir in respect of the adopter's ascendants.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-13-1

…portswomen mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 retains the rights inherent to this status, as defined by the present code, for a period of one year from the date of the medical findin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-176

…yme) or a simplified joint stock company (société par actions simplifiée).The company indicates its status as a securitisation company on all deeds and documents intended for third parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 sexies

(Paragraph not applicable)The additional payment made by cooperative production societies pursuant to the article 40 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of these companies, on the occasion…

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