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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-15

The parties are notified of the decision by the court clerk's office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. A copy of the decision is sent on the same day by simple letter to the partie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15

The duration of the contract must be clearly stated in the font. The policy must also state that the tacit renewal period may under no circumstances exceed one year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Customer compensation.

Article L7313-15

Customer compensation is not the same as compensation for unfair termination of a permanent employment contract or compensation for early termination of a fixed-term employment contract.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-15

Where the injunction to do so has been complied with within the time allowed, the case shall be withdrawn from the roll by the president of the court. Otherwise, the court clerk shall record the failu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-17

…ments and their groupings may only conclude a contract at provisional prices in the following cases:1° When, in the case of complex services or services using a new technique and presenting either an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-15

…sports conference sets up one or more conferences of sports funders comprising representatives of : 1° The State; 2° Depending on the case, the region and departments, the Corsican collectivity, the t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-15

…rson shall be informed ten days before the date of the adversarial hearing provided for in articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8 by registered letter if he or she is not imprisoned and by the prison registry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-15

…inted, shall keep the mandataire judiciaire informed of the claims mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17 of which he has become aware under the conditions provided for in IV of the same article. The lis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-18

The probationary period referred to in article 21-17 is reduced to two years: 1° For foreign nationals who have successfully completed two years of higher education with a view to acquiring a diploma…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1576

…r the application of this code in Wallis and Futuna, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "tribunal judiciaire" by: "tribunal de première instance";2° "tribunal de commerce" or "justice c…

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