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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

Any person of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-21-1

…two years on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose includes the defence of the collective interests of undertakings and employees may exercise the rights recognised to a civil party in r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24-2

The acts taken in application of 16° of I of article L. 232-5 may be appealed against by the parties referred to in article L. 232-24 before the Court of Arbitration for Sport alone as part of the app…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-20-2

…French Anti-Doping Agency any information it gathers in the course of legal proceedings which may give rise to a presumption of doping or the commission of acts prohibited under this chapter. It shal…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26-2

The delegation is granted for a period of four years. The delegation is granted with effect from 1st January of the second year following that of the Summer Olympic or Paralympic Games. In the case of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-2

The delegation contract is amended in the event of the partial withdrawal of a delegation entrusted to a federation. It is also amended when changes to the documents appended to the contract are such…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22-2

…service provider providing a payment initiation service is responsible for the non-execution, defective execution or late execution of the payment transaction, it shall immediately compensate the paym…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25-2

…e framework agreement for payment services that the payer is not entitled to a refund where he has given his consent to the execution of the payment transaction directly to his payment service provide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-2

…conditions provided for in Article L. 313-29-1 or Article L. 513-14, one or more assignments of receivables, each of which relates to all or part of the remuneration due in respect of the investment c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-2-2

Consultations or procedural acts carried out prior to the declaration of the claim shall not justify forfeiture of cover. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.However, the insurer will not p…

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