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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cohabitation

Article 515-8

Cohabitation is a de facto union, characterized by a shared life of stability and continuity, between two people, of different sexes or the same sex, who live as a couple.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-5

A monitoring committee shall be set up to ensure that the files provided for in article L. 451-1-1 function properly. The members of the committee are appointed by regulation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L420-5

…tice of selling prices to consumers that are unreasonably low in relation to production, processing and marketing costs is prohibited where the purpose of such an offer or practice is, or may be, to e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book IV: Organisations and special insurance schemes

Article R451-5

…frame that allows this information to be available in the file mentioned in I of Article L. 451-1-1 and to be communicated by the information body no later than seventy-two hours following the entry i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R420-5

For the application of the second sentence of Article L. 420-7, the Paris Court of Appeal has jurisdiction.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R450-5

Data transmitted by telecommunications operators are collected and stored, until they are destroyed, in accordance with procedures designed to guarantee their confidentiality.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-5

When the supplier offers a deal, it includes at least a one-year contract.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-53

The procedures for the reporting mechanism provided for in article L. 224-47 and the methods by which operators are informed of the numbers concerning them pursuant to article L. 224-52 are set by dec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-56

No sum may be charged to the consumer for a call from mainland France, the overseas departments and regions and the territorial collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miq…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-55

The provisions of this section shall also apply to contracts concluded between professionals and non-professionals.

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