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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consultancy

Article D6151-2

University professors who are hospital practitioners and who benefit from an extension of their activity under the conditions laid down inarticle L. 952-10 of the Education Code may request to continu…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2397

The provisions of articles 2393 to 2396 shall be brought to the attention of spouses or future spouses under the conditions laid down by decree.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2395

When a legal mortgage has been registered by application of the preceding article, and unless the marriage contract expressly prohibits it, the spouse benefiting from the registration may consent, in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2394

When the spouses have stipulated participation in acquests, each has, unless otherwise agreed, the option of registering the legal mortgage as security for the participation claim. The registration ma…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2396

Judgments made pursuant to the preceding article shall be rendered in the forms regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure. The legal mortgage of spouses is subject, for the renewal of registrations, to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-2

I.-The provisions of this section shall apply to any contract under which a trader, or any person holding himself out or acting as a trader, provides digital content and a digital service to a consume…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-2

Pharmacists or assistant pharmacists practising in dispensaries or private companies of dispensing pharmacists may, under the conditions laid down inarticle 31-1 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-2

Any person who considers themselves to be the victim of a functional impairment attributable to benfluorex or, where applicable, their legal representative in the case of a minor or their beneficiarie…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374

Ownership of a sum of money, either in euros or in another currency, may be assigned as security for one or more present or future claims.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rules specific to legal mortgages attached to sentencing judgments

Article 2401

The legal mortgage attached to judgments of conviction arises from contradictory or default judgments, whether final or provisional, in favour of the person who obtained them.It also arises from arbit…

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