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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-3

A civil action for infringement shall be barred after five years from the date on which the holder of a right knew or should have known of the last fact enabling him to exercise it.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-3

The provisions of articles L. 111-1 and L. 111-2 shall apply without prejudice to special consumer information provisions specific to certain activities. The provisions of Article L. 111-2 do not appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-3

For products benefiting from a protected designation of origin or geographical indication, comparison is only permitted between products each benefiting from the same designation or indication.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-3

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under article L. 132-2 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the terms set out in Article 131-27 of the Criminal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-3

Any breach of the spare parts availability obligation mentioned in articles L. 111-4 and L. 111-4-1 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Information mentioned in the contract

Article L312-30

…n one or more credit agreements for a total capital amount greater than the value payable on credit of the goods purchased or services provided. This provision does not apply to the revolving credit a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-3

Applications to acquire, lose or be reinstated in French nationality, as well as declarations of nationality, may, under the conditions laid down by law, be made, without authorisation, from the age o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-3

A child born in France is French if at least one of its parents was born there.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-3

The integrity of the human body may only be infringed in the event of medical necessity for the person concerned or exceptionally in the therapeutic interest of others. The consent of the person conce…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 34-1

…status records are drawn up by civil registrars. They carry out their duties under the supervision of the public prosecutor.

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