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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authorities

Article L2221-14

Regies with sole financial autonomy are created, and their administrative and financial organisation determined, by deliberation of the municipal council. They are administered, under the authority of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-14

An undivided co-owner who intends to transfer, for valuable consideration, all or part of his rights in the undivided property or in one or more of these properties to a person outside the joint owner…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-14

Clauses intended to exclude or limit liability for defective products are prohibited and deemed unwritten.However, for damage caused to goods that are not used by the victim primarily for his private…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-14

Actions for nullity of the company or of acts and deliberations subsequent to its incorporation shall be barred after three years from the day on which the nullity is incurred.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-14

The option to acquire or allocate lapses if its beneficiary has not exercised it by notifying the surviving undivided co-owners and the heirs of the predeceased within one month of the day on which he…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-14

…of Appeal after it has informed the person concerned of his or her right to a formal surrender procedure and has obtained his or her consent. During his hearing by the Investigating Chamber, the perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article 694-14

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to requests for mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-14

If, at the time of his appearance, the person claimed declares that he consents to be extradited and that the legal conditions for extradition have been fulfilled, the investigating chamber, after inf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-143

…erty. Any act resulting in the transformation or substantial modification of the property or in a reduction in its value is subject to the prior authorisation of the liberty and custody judge, at the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-145

No one may validly dispose of property seized in criminal proceedings except in the cases provided for in articles 41-5 and 99-2 and this chapter. From the date on which it becomes enforceable and unt…

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