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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-6

…the director of the establishment establishes that the prohibition provided for in II of article L. 6152-5-1 has not been complied with, a summons is sent to the practitioner's practice address at lea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-2

If the document is intended for a person residing in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and unless notification could be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-2

The contested judgment retains its effects between the parties, even in respect of the heads that have been set aside.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual reside…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6-2

All children whose filiation has been legally established have the same rights and duties in their relationship with their parents, subject to the provisions specific to simple adoption. Parentage bri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-2

If the victim is confronted with a person heard under the conditions provided for in Article 61-1 for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a prison sentence, it may also ask to be assisted, in accor…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-2

…ic and in ports, airports, railway or bus stations and trains other than those mentioned in article 60-1 of this code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Service of documents from abroad.

Article 688-2

The Minister of Justice forwards the documents addressed to him to the Public Prosecutor's Office at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction they are to be served or to the national chamber of ba…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 692-2

When, in application of the present code, the clerk's office summons the parties to the hearing by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the parties or some of them may, upon the judge's…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687-2

…e of a judicial or extrajudicial document abroad is, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 687-1, with regard to the person to whom it is made, the date on which the document is delivered or…

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