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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-29

Committee meetings are not open to the public. In the absence of a consensus, the committee decides by a majority of the votes of the members present. In the event of a tie, the chairman of the meetin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2438

Removal must be ordered by the courts, where the registration has been made without being founded either on the law or on a title, or where it has been made by virtue of a title that is either irregul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2439

…he debtor may request their reduction by complying with the jurisdictional rules set out in Article 2437.Registrations which encumber several properties are deemed to be excessive when the value of on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2435

…e publication, in the form of a note in the margin, provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 2416.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 215

The judge may rehear the witnesses, confront them with each other or with the parties; where appropriate, he or she will conduct the hearing in the presence of a technician.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for authorisation

Article R212-7-4

The application for authorisation is either sent to the Prefect by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, or deposited with a receipt at the secretariat of the Commission Départementale d'Am…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to French Guiana

Article R*651-4

The competent authority in the cases provided for in article R.* 632-2 is the State representative.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-29

…olution to formulate the request referred to in Articles L. 310-25 and L. 310-25-1 of this Code, L. 212-15 and L. 212-15-1 of the Code de la mutualité and L. 931-18 and L. 931-18-1 of the Code de la s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 218

One spouse may give a mandate to the other to represent him or her in the exercise of the powers conferred on him or her by the matrimonial property regime. In all cases, they may freely revoke this m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-29

I. - A UCITS may not borrow.It may, however, acquire currencies by means of cross-currency loans.II. - By way of derogation from I, a UCITS may borrow provided that such borrowings :1° Are used on a t…

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