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Showing 39613970 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III-1: Sale of buildings to be constructed.

Article 1601-1

A sale of a building to be constructed is one in which the seller undertakes to build a building within a period specified in the contract. It may be concluded on completion or in a future state of co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-15

…tends to award a service contract to the winner or one of the winners of the design contest in application of article R. 2122-6, it must indicate this in the contest notice.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102

…paragraph of article L. 225-100 presented by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to the General Meeting gives an annual account of the employees' shareholding in the co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R144-11

The head office of the Banque de France is at 1, rue La Vrillière, Paris.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book IV: Arbitration.

Article 1505

…judge supporting the arbitral proceedings shall, unless otherwise provided, be the president of the Paris judicial court where:1° The arbitration takes place in France; or2° The parties have agreed to…

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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 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-1

The provisions of Title VI of Book I of this part of the Public Health Code are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia as amended by Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-11

I. - The National Gaming Authority shall carry out the checks requested by the organiser of the sporting event or competition, by matching the file transmitted by the latter with the processing of per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-1

Chapter I of Title VII of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of Article L. 1271-1-1, the second paragraph of Article L. 1271-5, Articles L. 12…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

I. - Title I of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Articles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7,…

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