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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 469

…perform a specific act alone or cause guardianship to be opened. If the curator refuses his assistance with an act for which his assistance is required, the person under curatorship may apply to the j…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Acts performed under guardianship

Article 471

At any time, the judge may, by derogation from article 467, list certain acts that the person under curatorship has the capacity to perform alone or, conversely, add other acts to those for which the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-5

To ensure that federations comply with their anti-doping obligations, the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage is empowered to : 1° Question the approved federations, under conditions that it de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-40-4

…ission of computer media that comply with the specifications of national information systems, in place of standardised documents; - the adaptation of standardised documents to the département's own st…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subrogated curator and subrogated guardian

Article 454

The judge may, if he considers it necessary and subject to the powers of the family council if it has been constituted, appoint a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian. If the curator or guardian…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-4

…iel et de résolution may impose on a Class 2 investment firm an additional capital requirement in excess of the minimum amount provided for by the applicable regulations and require the application to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-4

…ins the information set out in the attached model. Annex to article A. 132-4-4 of the French Insurance Code 1° Commercial name of the contract affected by the conversion of commitments; 2° Characteris…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Ad hoc curators and ad hoc guardians

Article 455

In the absence of a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian, the curator or guardian whose interests are, on the occasion of an act or series of acts, in opposition to those of the protected person…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 437

If it appears or if it is claimed either that the debates should take place in chambers when they are taking place in open court, or the reverse, the president will rule immediately and the incident w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 443

The public prosecutor, as an added party, has the last word. If it considers that it cannot speak immediately, it may request that its hearing be postponed to a future hearing.

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