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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2303

…due date of this payment, on pain of forfeiture of the guarantee of interest and penalties accrued between the date of this incident and the date on which he was informed. In relations between the cre…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2306

Where several persons have stood surety for the same debt, they are each liable for the whole. Nevertheless, the one who is being sued may set up the benefit of division against the creditor. The cred…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2307

…action may not have the effect of depriving the natural person guarantor of the minimum resources set out in Article L. 731-2 of the French Consumer Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2304

Within one month of receipt, the guarantor shall, at its own expense, communicate to the sub-guarantor natural person the information it has received pursuant to articles 2302 and 2303.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2302

…the previous information and until the date of communication of the new information. In relations between the creditor and the guarantor, any payments made by the debtor during this period are deduct…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…ch process implemented, the employer shall draw up operating instructions specifying in particular: 1° The nature of the work ; 2° The materials involved; 3° The frequency and procedures for checking…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article R3121-23-2

Failure by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to respond within six months of receipt of the applications for authorisation and renewal referred to in Articles D. 3121-23 and D. 3121-2…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Physician or pharmacist assigned to a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6213-7-1

…le R. 6213-19, individually authorise the persons mentioned in 4° of Article L. 6213-2 who do not meet the conditions laid down in Article L. 6213-1 or in 1° of Article L. 6213-2 to practise as medica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-8

…d by titles II, III or IV of the general status of civil servants as well as the staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1, teachers at the national veterinary schools or veterinarians attache…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-4

…l amount of sums allocated under the provisions of this Title may not exceed the following ceilings:1° With regard to the sums invested, 35% of the sums entered on 31 January 2023 in the automatic acc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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