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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Actions contesting parentage

Article 337

When allowing the action to be contested, the court may, in the interests of the child, determine the terms of the child's relationship with the person who raised the child.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Origin of goods.

Article 34

1. On importation, customs duties are levied according to the origin of the goods, except where special provisions for the granting of preferential tariffs are laid down by international commitments i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Governance

Article L224-39

…utual Code. The contracts and agreements referred to in this article may be amended to become individual retirement savings plans with their respective governing bodies.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-3

…on a daily basis or according to any other form of care;5° To an ordinary or specialised health or education service or establishment.Unless it is an emergency, the judge may only entrust the child pu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care", 2°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care" and 3°: "derogatory multi-purpose paediatric intensive care".

Article D6124-33-3

The non-medical team of the paediatric intensive care unit includes at least :1° Two state-qualified nurses per four open beds. The team includes at least one state-qualified nursery nurse for every f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

An individual retirement savings plan may be registered and subsequently distributed as a pan-European individual retirement savings product if it meets the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-32

…ect of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings governed by Book VI; 3° If, during the twelve months preceding the sale, the sale has already been the subject of information pu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman of the hospital medical committee, vice-chairman of the hospital board

Article D6143-37-3

The time devoted to the duties of Chairman of the Institutional Medical Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board is included in the working hours of the practitioners concerned. A functional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-3

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up a list of the information it deems necessary to carry out the assessment provided for in Article R. 511-3-2 and which must be communi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-33

…ual distribution programme or structural aid, as provided for in articles 223-5, 223-11 and 223-25, during 2021;4° Have distributed cinematographic works which have achieved, cumulatively, a number of…

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