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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article 235

…shall be replaced by the judge who appointed him or by the judge in charge of the review. The judge may also, at the request of the parties or of his own motion, replace the technician who fails in hi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee

Article 2314

…e contrary shall be deemed unwritten. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten. The guarantor may not reproach the creditor for its choice of the method of realising a security.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2337

…ing, represents it.Where the pledge has been duly published, the successors in title of the pledgor may not rely on Article 2276.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2340

…s subsequently the subject of a dispossessory pledge, the preferential right of the earlier pledgee may be set up against the later pledgee where it is duly published notwithstanding the latter's righ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

…ve bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms and conditions for informing and consulting the Social and Economic Committee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-21

If the claimant fails to appear before the judgment committee without a legitimate reason, article 468 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply. If, after having been pronounced, the declaration of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-23

…llance or when it is considering imposing such a measure ex officio, the sentence enforcement court may instruct the prison administration to ensure the availability of the technical device described…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2371

In the absence of full payment on the due date, the creditor may request the return of the property in order to recover the right to dispose of it. The value of the property taken back is set off, by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-26

…ewed, re-evaluated in application of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-25

…with the procedures set out in 1° of article…

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