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Showing 24812490 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

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

The father and mother, together or separately, may, where circumstances so require, apply to the judge to have all or part of the exercise of their parental authority delegated to a third party, a fam…

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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 Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: STAY IN FRANCE

Article R234-4

European Union citizens mentioned in 1° of article L. 233-1 who cease their professional activity on French territory acquire a right to permanent residence before the end of the uninterrupted five-ye…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414-1

The penalties provided for in the first paragraph of Article 414 shall apply : 1° Exporting native gold from French Guiana either without an itemised declaration or under cover of an itemised declarat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 415-1

For the purposes of Article 415, the funds or digital assets referred to inArticle L. 54-10-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code are presumed to be the direct or indirect proceeds of one of the offenc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414-2

Any act of smuggling or undeclared import or export shall be punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of between one and two times the value of the object of fraud, when committed intentional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-318

In application of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-52, the following authorities, administrations, legal entities and professions have access to all the information contained in the National Regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-319

…s and professions authorised to know about it pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 2 du décret n° 2019-341 du 19 avril 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre de traitements comportant l'usage du numéro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-320

If the registrant objects to his data being made available for canvassing purposes pursuant to Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016…

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