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Showing 28612870 of 44148 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 10 July 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 16 June 1999 · Cass. 3e civ. 22 September 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 May 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-12

The retail client may waive part of the protection afforded by the rules of conduct. In this case, the investment services provider other than an asset management company may treat the retail client a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 121

1. The Director General of Customs and Excise may authorise the replacement of the acquit-à-caution by any document in lieu thereof, valid for one or more operations and offering the same guarantees.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 128

The parties may conciliate, of their own accord or on the judge's initiative, throughout the proceedings.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bearer bonds and stipulations for third parties

Article 1209

The stipulator may himself require the promisor to fulfil his commitment to the beneficiary.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure

Article R1110-12

…ted by the authority that received the complaint. At this meeting, the person lodging the complaint may be assisted or represented by a person of their choice, in particular by an approved association…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement

Article L2362-10

…agreement, the content of which is determined in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 2352-16 to L. 2352-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement

Article L2362-12

Where the European Cooperative Society is formed by the transformation of a cooperative, the agreement shall provide for a level of information, consultation and participation at least equivalent to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-122

If leave is waived, the employee's paid leave carried over in application of article L. 3142-120 is added to the annual paid leave. This deferred paid leave is added to the annual paid leave each year…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article R2196-12

…ere applicable, by the rules relating to the protection of defence secrecy.The information gathered may not be used for any purpose other than to check the cost of the contract under review or any oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-12

…inted by order of the president of the commercial court, ruling on a petition. Any interested party may lodge an objection to the order within fifteen days of its publication under the conditions set…

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