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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1117

…the offeror or, failing that, on expiry of a reasonable period.It also lapses in the event of the incapacity or death of the offeror, or the death of the offeree.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-17

Subscription to the group shall be made by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged, in accordance with the procedures determined by the judge.In particular, it shall contain the consumer's surna…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R1431-17

…roposal from the board of directors, after receiving the opinion of the departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance. The accountant's duties may only be terminated in the sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Entombment and closure of the coffin (R).

Article R2213-17

…risation, drawn up on plain paper and free of charge, is issued on presentation of the death certificate issued by the doctor who witnessed the death and certifying that the death poses no medico-lega…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-11

In the cases and according to the distinctions provided for by the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and the third paragraph of article 142-3, the cancellation of the security interest shall be obtaine…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1125 bis

Deeds and documents of any kind relating exclusively to the reconstruction provided for by the loi n° 71-1029 du 24 décembre 1971 of registers or documents kept in the registries of commercial courts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-172

…the said receivables. However, at any time, all or part of the recovery of these receivables may be carried out directly by the management company in its capacity as legal representative of the entity…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-17-1-1

Any failure by the external valuation experts referred to in article L. 214-24-15 to comply with the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to them is subject to sanctions imposed b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R1613-11

…ing the grant includes, for each of the operations, the information provided for in article R. 2334-26. The provisions of articles R. 2334-24 and R. 2334-28 to R. 2334-31, with the exception of II of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2352-17

…arrangements, the agreement shall determine the content of these arrangements including, where applicable, the number of members of the administrative or supervisory body of the European Company which…

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