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Article 425 of the French Code of civil procedure

The Public Prosecutor’s Office must be notified of:

1° Cases relating to filiation, the organisation of guardianship of minors, as well as actions brought on the basis of the provisions of international and European instruments relating to the illicit international removal of children;

2° Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings, cases relating to the pecuniary liability of company directors and personal bankruptcy proceedings or relating to the prohibitions provided for by Article L. 653-8 of the Commercial Code.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office must also be notified of all cases in which the law provides that it must make its opinion known.

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Article 425

Le ministère public doit avoir communication :

1° Des affaires relatives à la filiation, à l’organisation de la tutelle des mineurs, ainsi que des actions engagées sur le fondement des dispositions des instruments internationaux et européens relatives au déplacement illicite international d’enfants ;

2° Des procédures de sauvegarde, de redressement judiciaire et de liquidation judiciaire, des causes relatives à la responsabilité pécuniaire des dirigeants sociaux et des procédures de faillite personnelle ou relatives aux interdictions prévues par l’article L. 653-8 du code de commerce.

Le ministère public doit également avoir communication de toutes les affaires dans lesquelles la loi dispose qu’il doit faire connaître son avis.

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