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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1546-2

…reement between all the parties to the appeal proceedings interrupts the time limits for concluding and lodging a cross-appeal referred to in Articles 905-2 and 908 to 910. The interruption of these t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2291-1

A sub-guarantee is a contract by which a person undertakes to pay the guarantor what the debtor may owe him under the guarantee..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331-1

The privileges of the Treasury and the Social Security funds are determined by the laws that concern them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-6

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 1225-62: a) The words: "within the meaning of article L. 513-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "within the meaning of the first par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-6

In the case of a management lease of a business or company in the trades and crafts sector registered in the national register of companies, the lessor is the sole member of the group or company. A pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-6

The report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-6

The purchaser may ask the candidate, tenderer or contract holder to indicate the identity of the subcontractors it intends to use and the nature and scope of the services to be entrusted to them. It m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-6

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-6

…onal of a State party to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and by any person who is a national of a Member State of the European Community or who has his domic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-6

…rd pursuant to article R. 343-6 is deducted from the distributable profit referred to in article L. 232-11 of the French Commercial Code. It is also deducted from the profit defined in the second para…

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