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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-1

…oods or the provision of services on a professional basis, by electronic means, shall make the applicable contractual stipulations available in a manner that allows them to be preserved and reproduced…

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

Article D111-11

Any person carrying on the activity referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7 specifies the operation of the comparison service in a specific section. This section is directly and easily…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-12

The file may be consulted at the court registry by the petitioner, the minor capable of discernment, the parents or their lawyers, if they are assisted or represented, until a decision is made on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article R7122-11

I.-If the regional prefect for the location of the main establishment of the live performance company or the location of the public performance establishes that the activity does not comply with the l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-11

Organisations or groupings which have the capacity to bring legal proceedings and which are bound by an agreement or arrangement may bring in their own name any action seeking performance of the commi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-114

…R. 322-73 and R. 322-74 and, in addition, only after reimbursing the contribution paid, where applicable, by the companies which form part of the union, with a view to constituting the union's establ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-117

The trade union organisations send the list of candidates to the chairman and secretary of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee. The Agency and Working Conditions Committee appoints the local r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-11

…ns for membership of the National Council. They shall then be replaced within three months. In this case, the duties of the new member expire at the time when those of the member he has replaced would…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-17

…ay apply to the regional detention court for the measure to be terminated. The detention is automatically terminated if the court has not made a decision within three months of receiving the request.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-17-1

…tion mentioned in Article 723-15 has not been enforced within three years of the date on which it became final, the sentenced person is summoned to appear before the sentence enforcement judge, before…

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