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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62

The acknowledgement deed shall state the forenames, surname, date of birth or, failing that, age, place of birth and domicile of the person making the acknowledgement. It states the child's date and p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-63

The application for registration of a homeopathic veterinary medicinal product or a series of medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5141-9 is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L956-4

For the application of articles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall publish the annual report on the solvency and fina…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-60

The application, which may be submitted by the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2, with a view to obtaining the autho…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 680

The distance referred to in the two preceding articles is counted from the outer facing of the wall where the opening is made, and, if there are balconies or other similar projections, from their oute…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 675

…the neighbours may not, without the consent of the other, make any window or opening in the party wall, in any manner whatsoever, even with fixed glass.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 676

The owner of an unpartitioned wall, immediately adjoining the inheritance of another, may make in that wall days or windows with meshed iron and dead glass. Such windows shall be fitted with an iron l…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 678

No person may have straight views or windows of appearance, nor balconies or other similar projections on the enclosed or unenclosed inheritance of his neighbour, unless there is a distance of ninetee…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 677

Such windows or days may be established only twenty-six decimetres (eight feet) above the floor or ground of the room to be lighted, if on the ground floor, and nineteen decimetres (six feet) above th…

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