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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Different types of sequestration.

Article 1955

Sequestration is either conventional or judicial.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259-1

The beneficiary of the mandate, the principal or the agent who has not appeared before the Registrar shall be informed by the person appearing of the end of the execution of the mandate by registered…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-1

For the implementation of the future protection mandate established pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code, the mandatary shall appear in person at the registry of the judici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-1

To carry out the missions provided for in article L. 1424-2, the territorial organisation of a fire and rescue service is based on the fire and rescue centres, operational units mainly responsible for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-1

Addiction treatment, support and prevention centres provide the following services for people with risky consumption, harmful use or dependence on psychoactive substances, and for their families and f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-10

…ucts are kept in a place to which persons not belonging to the organisation do not have free access and are stored under the conditions laid down in the marketing authorisation, under the responsibili…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents, declaration of confidentiality and declaration of simplified publication of annual accounts.

Article R123-111-1

…ferred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25 which choose not to communicate their profit and loss accounts to third parties in application of the provisions of that text.When commercial com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-1

…the persons mentioned in 3° of II of article L. 3512-7 are considered to be activities of influence and representation of interests.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Informing the driver of the rate scale for immediate payment of the parking charge and the amount of the post-parking charge

Article R2333-120-1

The system enabling immediate payment of the parking charge provided for in Article L. 2333-87, including in dematerialised form, informs the driver of: a) The immediate payment rate scale applicable…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1148-1

…de in view of the production, by any interested party, of a certified copy of the divorce agreement and, where applicable, its annexes or an extract thereof.

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