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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-2

…roperty, even if it is incorporated into a building, including the products of the soil, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing. Electricity is considered a product.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Payment of undue payments

Article 1302-2

…ght ceases in the case where the creditor, as a result of the payment, has destroyed his title or abandoned the securities which guaranteed his claim.Restitution may also be claimed from one whose deb…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1843-2

…capital but give rise to the allocation of shares entitling the shareholder to share in the profits and net assets, subject to contributing to losses.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1832-2

A spouse may not, under the penalty provided for in article 1427, use joint property to make a contribution to a company or acquire non-negotiable company shares without his or her spouse having been…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title VIII bis: Property development contracts

Article 1831-2

The contract empowers the developer to enter into contracts, receive work, settle contracts and generally to perform, up to the overall agreed price, on behalf of the project owner, all acts required…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872-2

…fication sent by one of them to all the partners, provided that such notification is in good faith, and not made at an inconvenient time.Unless otherwise agreed, no partner may request the division of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-2

…ullity, the agreement must be drawn up in writing including a description of the undivided property and an indication of the shares belonging to each undivided co-owner. If the undivided property incl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1009-2

The limitation period shall run from the date of notification of the decision ordering the striking off. It shall be interrupted by an act unequivocally expressing the intention to enforce.The First P…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1031-2

The decision requesting the opinion is sent, together with the submissions and any written observations, by the court registry to the registry of the Cour de cassation. It is notified, as well as the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Civil status records

Article 1055-2

Where the public prosecutor opposes the change of first name pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code, the claim is brought against him before the family affair…

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