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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

When a couple or an unmarried woman wishes to have recourse to preimplantation diagnosis under the conditions set out in article L. 2131-4-1, at least one doctor from the multidisciplinary team of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-22-1

The preimplantation diagnosis referred to in Article L. 2131-4 may only be carried out if the applicant, whether the couple or the unmarried woman, fulfils the conditions required for the implementati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

The provisions relating to the withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article 366-1

The application for authorisation of the prise à partie procedure shall be brought before the first president of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the judge concerned sits.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-3

Applications to acquire, lose or be reinstated in French nationality, as well as declarations of nationality, may, under the conditions laid down by law, be made, without authorisation, from the age o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 34-1

Civil status records are drawn up by civil registrars. They carry out their duties under the supervision of the public prosecutor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 310-1

Filiation is legally established, under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of this Title, by operation of law, by voluntary recognition or by possession of status established by an act of notoriet…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Minority rights

Article 388-1

In any proceedings concerning him or her, a minor capable of discernment may, without prejudice to the provisions providing for his or her intervention or consent, be heard by the judge or, where his…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301-3

The ratification of the management by the master is equivalent to a mandate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-3

Where the designation of the applicable law is made before the marriage, the future spouses present to the civil registrar either the act by which they made this designation, or a certificate issued b…

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