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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a loan for use.

Article 1875

A loan for use is a contract by which one of the parties delivers a thing to the other for use, with the onus on the taker to return it after use.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a loan for use.

Article 1879

The commitments which are formed by a loan for use pass to the heirs of the one who lends, and to the heirs of the one who borrows.But if one has lent only in consideration of the borrower, and to him…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-20

The proposed conversion of the société anonyme, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-245-1, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-22

The conversion of a société anonyme into a société européenne registered in France is published under the conditions set out in article R. 225-165.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-21

The transformation commissioners are appointed and carry out their mission under the conditions set out in article R. 22-10-7.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-63

The file shall retain for a period of three years information relating to the recordings and interrogations to which it is subject, specifying the capacity of the person or authority who carried out t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-34

The file shall retain for a period of three years information relating to the recordings and interrogations to which it is subject, specifying the capacity of the person or authority who carried out t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-19

The register shall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: FREE ADMINISTRATION.

Article R1824-1

I. - The provisions of Chapter VI of Title I of Book I of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune and merged communes

Article R2113-5

The provisions of articles L. 47 and L. 48 of the electoral code concerning propaganda are applicable to the consultation.

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