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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Deposits and deposits on account

Article L214-2

…re the contract of sale relates to movable property, any sum paid in advance of the price, irrespective of the nature of the payment and the name given in the deed, shall bear interest at the legal ra…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Delivery of standard contracts

Article L114-1

Professional sellers or service providers shall provide any interested person who so requests with a copy of the agreements they usually offer.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article L234-3

European Union citizens who have ceased their professional activity in France and their family members may acquire the right of permanent residence under conditions that derogate from the five-year pe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article L234-1

European Union citizens mentioned in article

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article L234-2

An absence from French territory for a period of more than two consecutive years causes the holder to lose the right to permanent residence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-3

…aphs of 1°, the first paragraph of 2° and the first paragraph of 6°, the words: "territorial collectivity" are replaced by the word: "commune";3° In the second paragraph of 2°, the words: "the enforce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-1

I. - Article L. 1617-1, with the exception of its last paragraph, and articles L. 1617-2and L. 1617-3 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-2

The chapitre VII du titre Ier du livre VI de la présente partie est applicable aux établissements publics communaux et intercommunaux.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Declarations by third parties.

Article 199

Where testimonial evidence is admissible, the judge may receive from third parties statements of such a nature as to throw light on the disputed facts of which they have personal knowledge. These stat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

Article 319

The judgment ordering the oath sets the day, time and place where it will be received. It formulates the question submitted to the oath and indicates that false oath exposes its author to penal sancti…

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