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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 552

Property of the ground carries with it ownership of the land above and below.The owner may make above it all the plantations and constructions he deems appropriate, subject to the exceptions set out i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Decisions on public action

Article 366

The Assize Court then returns to the courtroom. The president calls the accused to appear, reads out the answers made to the questions, and pronounces the judgment of conviction, absolution or acquitt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-25

The adoption of a reorganisation measure or the opening of winding-up proceedings in a Member State of the European Union other than France does not affect the right of a creditor to invoke the set-of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-1

Chapter I of Title I of Book I of this Part is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting from Law No. 2017-1836 of 30 December 2017 on the financing of soc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4424-1

The provisions of Title VI of Book I of this Part are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 relating to the organi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 884

The persons entitled to assist or represent the parties are:-a lawyer;-a bailiff;-a member of their family;-as stated in article 83 of law no. 90-85 of 23 January 1990, their cohabiting partner or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial auctioneers

Article R444-42

The provisions of this Title apply to judicial auctioneers and other public or ministerial officers selling movable property, with the exception of those of paragraph 1 of sub-section 1 of section 2 a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-7

The responsible authority will indicate on these pages that the convicted person may exercise his/her right to access and rectify information concerning him/her with the Minister for Employment (Direc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265-1

Divorce does not affect the rights that either spouse has under the law or under agreements with third parties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2111-2

The provisions of this Book shall apply without prejudice to other rights granted to trade unions by particular laws.

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