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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-20

The consumer is entitled to a reduction in price or rescission of the contract in the following cases: 1° Where the trader refuses to bring the digital content or the digital service into conformity;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Information for the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L214-24-20

I. - The AIF or its management company shall report regularly to the Autorité des marchés financiers on the main markets on which it operates and the main instruments it trades.It shall provide inform…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

The provisions of the Highway Code governing the driving of a motorised land vehicle without insurance covering civil liability in accordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of this Code are r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Protected works

Article L112-2

The following in particular shall be considered to be intellectual works within the meaning of this Code: 1° Books, brochures and other literary, artistic and scientific writings; 2° Lectures, speeche…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article L112-2

The following may not be seized 1° Property that the law declares unseizable; 2° Property that the law renders non-transferable unless otherwise provided for; 3° Provisions, sums and pensions of a mai…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-23

The easement may not encumber land located less than twenty metres from buildings used for residential or professional purposes that were built or whose construction was authorised before the date of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-2

The rules relating to the Corsican Tourism Agency are set out inarticle L. 4424-40 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, which reads as follows: "Art. L. 4424-40 of the General Code of Terri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

Notwithstanding Article L. 561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-2

The licence application provided for in Article L. 623-22-1 shall be made to the judicial court. The licence is non-exclusive. In particular, the court shall determine its duration, scope and the amou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-2

I. - In order to allow resources to be pooled, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may collect, in place of its member municipalities, the amounts from which…

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