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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-25

If the liberty and custody judge has not given a ruling before the expiry of the fourteen-day period provided for in article R. 3131-24, the quarantine or isolation measure is released at the end of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-36

Nurses in charge of any coordinating or supervisory function must ensure that the actions performed by the persons whose activities they coordinate or supervise, whether nurses, care assistants, nurse…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: FOREIGN ENFORCEMENT

Article R711-4

Assistance with return may include:1° Payment of re-routing costs;2° An allowance to facilitate reintegration in the country of return;3° Where appropriate, technical assistance and project monitoring…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-9

…guarantees. He may provide for it to take place in a meeting place that he designates, or with the assistance of a trusted third party or the representative of a qualified legal entity.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-1

…guarantees. He may provide for it to take place in a meeting place that he designates, or with the assistance of a trusted third party or the representative of a qualified legal entity. The parent wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1503

…the representative of the administration and the commission, or when the latter refuses to lend its assistance, the assessment elements are determined by the tax department under the conditions provid…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R251-9

…R. 251-1 and R. 251-3 may be extended by mutual agreement between the interested parties or by order of the enforcement judge hearing the cas…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1589

A promise of sale is equivalent to a sale when there is mutual consent by both parties to the property and the price. If this promise applies to land already subdivided or to be subdivided, its accept…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730 quater

Transfers of units in venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to ordonnance no. 2013-676 of 25 Ju…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, financial and legal training for employee representatives.

Article L3341-2

…olding SICAVs representing employee shareholders or the members of the supervisory board of company mutual funds representing unitholders benefit, under the conditions and within the limits provided f…

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