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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-3

The party who has deferred or referred the oath may no longer retract it when the other party has declared that he is prepared to take that oath.When the deferred or referred oath has been taken, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-7

…the obligation retroactively, without calling into question, where applicable, acts of conservation and administration.Retroactivity does not take place if such is the agreement of the parties or if t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-5

…uld prevent the proper performance of the obligation; the creditor may perform any conservatory act and attack the debtor's acts performed in fraud of his rights.What has been paid may be repeated as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-4

The oath is evidence only in favour of or against the person who has referred it and his heirs and assigns.The oath referred by one of the joint and several creditors to the debtor discharges the debt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-6

The obligation becomes pure and simple as from the fulfilment of the suspensive condition.However, the parties may provide that the fulfilment of the condition will have retroactive effect to the day…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

…category covered by an electoral college, its validity is subject to its signature by, on the one hand, the employer or its representative and, on the other hand, one or more representative employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory negotiation procedures

Article L2242-13

…takings referred to in that same article :1° Each year, negotiations on remuneration, working hours and the sharing of added value within the company, under the conditions set out in sub-section 2 of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2191-13

In the case of a contract with an optional tranche, an advance shall be paid to the contractor for each tranche completed in accordance with the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-13

The description shall be presented under the conditions and in the order provided for in Article R. 612-12 unless the nature of the invention allows for a different, more intelligible and concise pres…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article R314-13

The annual effective rate of insurance is accompanied by a statement of the cover for which it includes the cost.

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