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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1144

…r nullity shall run, in the case of error or fraud, only from the day on which they were discovered and, in the case of violence, only from the day on which it ceased.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1134

Mistake as to the essential qualities of the co-contractor is a ground of nullity only in contracts concluded in consideration of the person.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1131

Vices of consent are a cause of relative nullity of the contract.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-1

The decision taken pursuant to Article 100 shall state the reasons with reference to the factual and legal elements justifying that these operations are necessary. It shall include all the information…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1642-1

The seller of a building to be constructed may not be relieved, either before acceptance of the work or before the expiry of a period of one month after the purchaser takes possession, of construction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-11-1

…r a reduction in the proportional emolument applicable to donations or legacies for the benefit of: 1° One of the public persons mentioned in articles L. 1121-1 to L. 1121-6 of the General Code on the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-12-1

…der referred to in article L. 444-3 may provide for an increase in fees in the overseas departments and collectivities, in order to take account of the particular characteristics and constraints of ea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-10-1

The services mentioned in the last sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 444-2, for which the rate of the discount may, over and above the amount of the fee set by the order mentioned in articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-10

The rules laid down in article 1078-9 shall not apply where a child who has consented to his own descendants being allotted in his stead subsequently himself makes, with the latter, a shared gift inco…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training arrangements

Article R212-10-17

…es for entry to the course, enabling the level of those wishing to follow the course to be verified and defined by the decree governing the speciality, specialisation, option or complementary certific…

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