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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Banking, financial and insurance contracts

Article L224-102

The rules on canvassing for insurance are set out in the provisions of Chapter II of Title I of Book I of the Insurance Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-11

…the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the articles 126-9 and 126-10.It shall s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and provide information

Article L7122-16

…rts entrepreneur without holding a valid activity declaration receipt as referred to in article L. 7122-3, or that it has not fulfilled the obligations set out in the third paragraph of I of article L…

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

Article L2352-16

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 2352-13, the managers of each of the participating companies and the special negotiating body negotiate with a view to reaching an agree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Appointment of the interpreter or translator

Article D594-16

…our des étrangers et du droit d'asile;3° If necessary, an adult not appearing on any of these lists may be appointed, if the interpreter or translator is not chosen from among the investigators, magis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Caisse de retraite et de prévoyance des clercs de notaire (pension and welfare fund for notary clerks)

Article 1070

Subject to the provisions of Article 1020, documents exclusively relating to the execution of the law of 12 July 1937 instituting a retirement and provident fund for notary clerks are exempt from regi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…rmation for data subjects is provided in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-128

…4° The address of the registered office; 5° The information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237; 6° The amount and terms of the capital increase; 7° Where applicable, the amount to be subs…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094

The spouse, either by marriage contract or during the marriage, may, in the event that he leaves no children or descendants, dispose in favour of the other spouse in property, of all that he could dis…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1011

Except in the case of forfeiture provided for in Article 978, the case shall be distributed as soon as the claimant has submitted his statement of case and, at the latest, on expiry of the time limit…

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