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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1176

Appeals are open to the public prosecutor.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1178

The appeal is lodged as in contentious matters. It is investigated and judged according to the rules applicable at first instance.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1174

The judgment is delivered in open court. Its operative part specifies whether it is a full adoption or a simple adoption and contains the particulars prescribed by article 1056. It also contains, wher…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1182

The judge gives notice of the initiation of proceedings to the public prosecutor; when they are not petitioners, he also gives notice to each of the parents, the guardian, the person or representative…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-11

Approval of a screening room and its technical projection equipment is granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for a screening room and its technical projection…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article R314-11

The annual effective rate of insurance referred to in article L. 312-7 is equal to the difference between: 1° The annual percentage rate of charge defined in article L. 314-1, calculated in accordance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R764-11

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Article R. 440-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article R762-11

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Article R. 440-1 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-498 of 16 May 2014.II. - For the application of I:1° A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-11

Each health care organisation has access, at the request of its representative, to information concerning it, derived from the data it has transmitted in application ofarticle R. 6113-10, which is hel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-11

Articles L. 2362-1 to L. 2363-10 do not apply where the European Cooperative Society is formed exclusively by natural persons or by a single legal person and several natural persons, together employin…

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