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Showing 10111020 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a consumer loan.

Article 1892

A consumer loan is a contract by which one of the parties delivers to the other a certain quantity of things that are consumed by use, on the obligation of the latter to return as many of the same kin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the borrower.

Article 1880

The borrower is obliged to take reasonable care of the custody and preservation of the thing lent. He may only use it for the purpose determined by its nature or by the agreement; all on pain of damag…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a consumer loan.

Article 1896

The rule set out in the previous article does not apply if the loan was made in ingots.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L785-14

…eft-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-18

When it has not been possible to allocate the share of all the départements in a region in the overall allocation between the départements in that region under the conditions set out in the third para…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1472

In the event of insufficiency of the community, the levies of each spouse are proportional to the amount of the rewards due to him or her. However, if the insufficiency of the community is attributabl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The arbitration award

Article 1481

The arbitral award shall contain an indication of: 1° The surnames, forenames or names of the parties and their domicile or registered office; 2° Where applicable, the names of the lawyers or any pers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-11

Any person summoned or heard has the right to be assisted by counsel of his choice. The procedures for summoning the person or for receiving his or her explanations on the spot and the conditions unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-21

…pany providing the freelance administration services and the supported employee: 1° The methods for calculating and paying the remuneration due to the supported employee for carrying out the service,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-21

…he members present so request;2° Or when an appointment or presentation is to be made.In the latter cases, if none of the candidates has obtained an absolute majority after two rounds of secret ballot…

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