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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2253

Creditors, or any other person with an interest in prescription being acquired, may set it up against or invoke it even when the debtor waives it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2250

Only an acquired prescription is subject to renunciation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Waiver of limitation.

Article 2251

Waiver of the statute of limitations is express or tacit.Tacit waiver results from circumstances unequivocally establishing the will not to avail oneself of the statute of limitations.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-28-2

…heir registration with mention of the commercial speciality on the list mentioned in Article L. 811-2 to the national registration and disciplinary commission, ruling on their application for registra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-20

…ry enquiries, flagrante delicto enquiries or investigations carried out under a rogatory commission;2° Procedures for investigating the causes of death or disappearance provided for by the articles 74…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.

Article L142-2

Only the following may be included in the pledge subject to the provisions of this chapter as forming part of a business: the sign and trade name, the right to the lease, the clientele and goodwill, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation concerning Community designs

Article L522-2

…isdiction to hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 80 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, including where such actions and claims concern both…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

…an Union in implementation of Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees, which are ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-2

…f the contract, its duration and the conditions under which it may possibly be extended or renewed; 2° The conditions of repurchase, termination or forfeiture by the contracting local authority or pub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-20

If the departmental criminal court considers, during or after the hearings, that the facts before it constitute a crime punishable by thirty years' imprisonment or life imprisonment, it refers the cas…

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