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Showing 18011810 of 50246 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 18-2-2009 n° 08-10.677

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2306-2

If the creditor has divided his action of his own accord, he can no longer go back on that division, even if there were insolvent sureties at the time of the action.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L774-28

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the sam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Inter-regional centres specialising in environmental and public health offences

Article 706-2-2

Articles 706-80 to 706-87 and 706-95 to 706-103 are applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment: 1° Of the offences provided for in articles L. 5421-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5426-1, L. 5…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-2-2

I.-When a distributor within the meaning of III of Article L. 511-1 contacts a policyholder or prospective policyholder by telephone with a view to concluding an insurance contract that does not fall…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22-2

The sums due under a fidelity guarantee are reduced in the event of redemption before the expiry date of the guarantee, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-2-2

Where available, the certified information referred to in Article L. 4361-2-1 shall serve as supporting documents for the fulfilment of the obligations laid down in Article L. 4361-2.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-2

I.-The provisions of this section shall apply to any contract under which a trader, or any person holding himself out or acting as a trader, provides digital content and a digital service to a consume…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-2

Any person who considers themselves to be the victim of a functional impairment attributable to benfluorex or, where applicable, their legal representative in the case of a minor or their beneficiarie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-2-2

For its application in Mayotte, 2° of Article L. 5125-3 is worded as follows:" 2° The opening of a pharmacy by means of creation, if the demographic conditions provided for in Article L. 5511-3 are me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Accommodation.

Article L4433-23

…companies created in the overseas regions pursuant to the provisions of 2° of Article 2 of the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équ…

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