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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 403

The individual right to choose a guardian, whether related to the minor or not, belongs only to the last surviving father and mother if he or she has retained, on the day of death, the exercise of par…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 487

…his or her heirs the inventory of assets and any updates to which it has given rise, as well as the last five management accounts and the documents necessary to continue it or to ensure the liquidatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-5

…may be reduced by up to half, depending on the degree of the athlete's fault, except where frequent last-minute changes in whereabouts or the identification of other conduct give rise to a serious sus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

…reasons, in accordance with the conditions set out in Articles L. 631-17, L. 631-19 (II), L. 641-4, last paragraph, L. 641-10, third paragraph, and L. 642-5 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-3

…urity regime as the allowance paid to the beneficiary of the redeployment leave provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 1233-72.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 F

…second sentence of the first paragraph of 1° of Article 81, 3° of the article 83 and the second and last paragraphs of a of 5 of the article 158.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-59

…provisions of articles 706-57 or 706-58 may not be revealed, except in the case provided for in the last paragraph of article 706-60. Revealing the identity or address of a witness who has benefited f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Action for payment and limitation period.

Article L3245-1

…ave known of the facts giving rise to the claim. The claim may relate to sums due in respect of the last three years from that date or, where the employment contract has been terminated, to sums due i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L3711-4-1

…attending physician are applicable to this psychologist, with the exception of those set out in the last paragraph of article L. 3711-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-26

…ies may oppose the demerger under the conditions and with the effects provided for in the second to last paragraphs of article L. 236-15.

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