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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-5

…purpose. This room shall be accessible in all circumstances at the request of the lawyer, except in cases of force majeure.The procedures for applying this article shall be specified, as necessary, by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-5

The application is admissible only ten years after the death of the disposing person or, in the case of successive applications, ten years after the judgment ordering the previous review. The person r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1009

…portion and hypothecarily for the whole; and he shall be liable to pay all legacies, except in the case of reduction, as explained in articles 926 and 927.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other written documents

Article 1378-1

…ers are not evidence in favour of the person who wrote them.They are evidence against him:1° In all cases where they formally state a payment received;2° When they contain the express mention that the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1648

…bitory defects must be brought by the purchaser within two years of discovery of the defect. In the case provided for by Article 1642-1, the action must be brought, on pain of foreclosure, within one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1832

…iew to sharing the profits or benefiting from any savings that may result. It may be formed, in the cases provided for by law, by the act of will of a single person. The partners undertake to contribu…

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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 1873-4

…may, however, be entered into on behalf of a minor, by his legal representative alone; but, in this case, the minor who has come of age may terminate it, regardless of its duration, within one year of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-11

…y. If this agent represents the distraining creditor, his power of attorney must be specific to the case for which he represents his principal.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-80

…loan intended to supply the establishment fund provided for in article R. 322-44 or, except in the case provided for in article R. 322-79, to finance the development of insurance operations and new p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-25

…cal quality of the publishing project;2° The consistency and relevance of the editorial line in the case of a programme;3° The economic conditions for the distribution of videograms;4° The measures pl…

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