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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-1

A child's parentage only has an effect on the child's nationality if it is established during the child's minority.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV bis: Conflict of laws rules

Article 202-1

The qualities and conditions required to be able to contract marriage are governed, for each of the spouses, by their personal law. Whatever the applicable personal law, marriage requires the consent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-20

When a creditor holding a published security interest over an immovable by destination forms an overbid, the sale is made by a ministerial officer authorised by his statute to conduct public auctions…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018-1

Where the trust agreement provides that the settlor retains the use or enjoyment of a business or property for business use transferred to the trust assets, the agreement entered into for this purpose…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L3123-20-2

The members of the departmental council are affiliated to the general social security scheme under the conditions defined in article L. 382-31 of the social security code. The contributions of the dep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L4135-20-2

Members of the regional council are affiliated to the general social security scheme under the conditions defined in article L. 382-31 of the social security code. The contributions of the regions and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-3

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-4

The right to authorise a signal distributor to represent a work under the conditions mentioned in article L. 122-2-4 may only be exercised by a collective management organisation.If this organisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

I.-A management company established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which applies to manage a UCITS governed by French law and aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-3

The provisions of Chapter II of Title III of this Book, in particular Articles L. 632-1, L. 632-3, L. 632-5 and L. 632-12, shall apply to the exercise of the powers and to the agreements referred to i…

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