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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 654

There is a mark of non-citizenship when the top of the wall is straight and plumb with its facing on one side, and has a sloping plane on the other. When again there is only on one side or a coping or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 673

Anyone on whose property the branches of his neighbour's trees, shrubs and bushes are protruding may compel his neighbour to cut them back. The fruit that falls naturally from these branches belongs t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 668

A neighbour whose inheritance adjoins a non-dividing ditch or hedge cannot compel the owner of that ditch or hedge to surrender the common ownership to him. The joint owner of a party hedge may destro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1211-6-1

…ued after consultation with the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products. They may not be based on any difference in treatment, particularly with regard…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61

Any person who can demonstrate a legitimate interest may apply to change his or her name. The purpose of the application to change the name may be to prevent the extinction of the name borne by an asc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 60

Any person may apply to the civil registrar to change their forename. The application is submitted to the civil registrar of the place of residence or the place where the birth certificate was drawn u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-6

…tres may be members of territorial professional health communities within the meaning of article L. 1434-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-11-6

…tronically.A decree of the Council of State shall determine the composition of the various councils and disciplinary chambers of the Association of chiropodists, the duration and frequency of renewal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-6

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Antilles-Guyane order of masseur-physiotherapists are responsible for masseur-physiotherapists practising in French Guyana…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article A36-10-6

…cal examination relating to the exercise of certain judicial police missions by tax service agents, and in particular the supply of copies and composition forms as well as the anonymity of the copies,…

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