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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to employee participation in general meetings or section or branch meetings

Article L2363-18

…a Member State, the law of which allows, under the conditions provided for in article 4 of article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1435 / 2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-5

In order to be enforceable against third parties in France, the marriage record of a French national celebrated by a foreign authority must be transcribed into French civil status registers. In the ab…

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

Article D45-18

…event of the case being dropped or in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 45-17, a specific form is sent to the person to enable them to be reimbursed for their deposit.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Commitments of the person lending for use.

Article 1888

The lender may only withdraw the thing lent after the agreed term or, in the absence of an agreement, after it has served the purpose for which it was borrowed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Commitments of the person lending for use.

Article 1891

Where the thing lent has defects such that it may cause harm to the person using it the lender is liable, if he knew of the defects and did not warn the borrower.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Commitments of the person lending for use.

Article 1889

Nevertheless, if, during this period, or before the borrower's need has ceased, the lender has a pressing and unforeseen need for his thing, the judge may, depending on the circumstances, oblige the b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Commitments of the person lending for use.

Article 1890

If, during the term of the loan, the borrower has been obliged, for the preservation of the item, to incur any extraordinary, necessary, and so urgent expenditure that he was unable to notify the lend…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-15

The company provided for in Article L. 422-7-1 is entered on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional pract…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…n authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-26, provide investment and related services under the freedom to provide services i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Remuneration arrangements

Article R6323-18-3-1

…verage reference salary of the intermittent performing artist or technician mentioned in article R. 6323-9-1 who benefits from a professional transition project is calculated on the basis of the salar…

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