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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to awards made in France and abroad

Article 1527

An appeal against the order ruling on the exequatur and an application to set aside the award shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules relating to contentious proceedings…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D331-1-1

Developed camping and caravanning sites are intended to accommodate tents, caravans, mobile leisure homes and light leisure dwellings. They consist of bare pitches or pitches equipped with one of thes…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

Where the spouses agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects, they shall record, each assisted by a lawyer, their agreement in an agreement in the form of a private deed countersigned by t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Apprehension in the hands of a third party

Article R222-10

…R. 222-4. A copy of this document is delivered or notified to the thir…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-17-1

The insurance of transported goods has no effect when the risks have not begun within two months of the commitment of the parties or of the date fixed for taking over. This provision is only applicabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-19

…of time with one or more operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction or sworn merchandise brokers, as well as those who have exercised these responsibilities successively with a sworn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Informing and involving residents

Article L5842-12

…The provisions of Section 9 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Removal credit.

Article 114

1. Receivers of Customs may allow goods to be removed as and when they are checked and before the obligations laid down in a to c of 1 of Article 113 have been fulfilled, subject to a duly bonded tend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryonic stem cell research.

Article R2151-12-1

Only a legal entity may declare a research protocol involving human embryonic stem cells.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-10

…employer beyond the limits set by the contract does not constitute misconduct or grounds for dismissal. The same applies, within these limits, if the employee is informed less than three days before t…

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