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Showing 13211330 of 60095 articles for Art. CA Metz 1-3-2012 n° 09/03355

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 376

…signment relating to parental authority shall have any effect except by virtue of a judgment in the cases determined below.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 367

The adoption retains all its effects, notwithstanding the subsequent establishment of a parent-child relationship.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 369

…king the adoption.The operative part of the judgment is mentioned in the margin of the birth certificate or the transcription of the adoption judgment, under the conditions laid down by decree in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 366

In the adopted person's estate, in the absence of descendants and a surviving spouse, the property donated by the adopter or received into his or her estate reverts to the adopter or his or her descen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377

…ply to the judge for full or partial delegation of the exercise of parental authority.In the latter case, the matter may also be referred to the judge by the public prosecutor, with the agreement of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 365

The adopted person and his or her descendants have, in the adopter's family, the succession rights provided for in Chapter III of Title I of Book III.The adopted person and his or her descendants do n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-3

…omplying with the standards set out in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and guaranteeing an exchange of information in tax matters, including any multilateral agree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Direct access to specialised technical facilities

Article R6123-32-3

…le R. 6123-26. The agreement lays down the procedures for monitoring and regular evaluation of this care, which are the subject of a report sent to the Regional Health Agency each year.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-3

…gible for the guarantee mentioned in 1° which exceeds the compensation ceiling provided for in application of article L. 312-16 ; b) For their deposits that would be eligible for this guarantee if the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

…advantage from the non-commercial exploitation of this work or from commercial exploitation in the case provided for in the last sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 131-3-1.

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