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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article D313-29

The indemnity provided for in article L. 313-60 in the event of default by the lessee in the performance of hire-purchase contracts or leases accompanied by a promise to sell may not exceed 2% of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Announcement of results and election disputes.

Article R713-29

In the event of the partial or total annulment, which has become final, of the elections of the members of a territorial or regional chamber of commerce and industry, and unless such annulment is pron…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 483

…rned established at the request of the principal or the agent, in the forms provided for in article 481 ;2° The death of the protected person or their placement under curatorship or guardianship, unle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: International and European mobility of apprentices

Article L6222-42

I.-The apprenticeship contract may be performed in part abroad for a period not exceeding one year. The duration of the contract in France must be at least six months. During the period of mobility ab…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Recording of offences.

Article 456

…ountries are bound by professional secrecy and liable to the penalties provided for in Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code. However, when legal proceedings have been initiated on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-44

In the case of criminal proceedings instituted abroad, where a foreign government deems it necessary to serve a procedural document or a judgment on an individual residing on French territory, the doc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-4

…e of the rights of defence of a defendant, the General Rapporteur of the Autorité de la concurrence may refuse to allow a party to communicate or consult documents or certain elements contained in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-44

…onic monitoring, with the obligations to which he or she is subject, the sentence enforcement judge may, with the agreement of the sentenced person assisted by his or her lawyer and by judgment handed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-4

…ent shall immediately carry out a behavioural examination on the persons mentioned in article R. 3354-2, the result of which shall be recorded on a behavioural examination form known as form A, a copy…

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