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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-60

Legal persons governed by public law may call upon the employees of these companies for non-permanent tasks, known as missions, in the following cases only: 1° Temporary replacement of a member of sta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-5-1

By way of derogation fromarticle 371-1 of the Civil Code, nurses may dispense with obtaining the consent of the holder(s) of parental authority for decisions to be taken when preventive action, screen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A

…n are paid on a quarterly, monthly, weekly or daily basis, the limits of the brackets of the annual tariff provided for in this III are divided by 4, 12, 52 or 312 respectively.IV.-Each of the limits…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 380-1

On pronouncing the total withdrawal of parental authority, the court hearing the case may rule on the change of the child's name, subject to the child's personal consent if he or she is over thirteen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Appeal in cassation

Article 1087

The suspensive effect attached to an appeal in cassation and its time limit does not apply to the provisions of the decision or the approved agreement that concern maintenance, the contribution to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Crossed cheques

Article L131-44

The drawer or bearer of a cheque may cross it with the effects indicated in the following article. The cheque is crossed by means of two parallel bars on the front. It may be general or special. The b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-2

The spouses may not mutually consent to their divorce by deed under private signature countersigned by lawyers where: 1° The minor, informed by his or her parents of his or her right to be heard by th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1074-2

Except in cases where financial intermediation is ruled out by the parents or the judge pursuant to the provisions of 1° and 2° of II of article 373-2-2 of the French Civil Code, the payment of mainte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-34

The committee may only rule on registration in the presence of the chairman and at least five of its members. Where one of the members or the chairman of the committee has authority over the applicant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article R4422-6

The section for culture, the Corsican language and education comprises seventeen members, including:1° Ten representatives of bodies involved in the cultural life of Corsica or the promotion of the Co…

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