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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2364

Sums paid in respect of the pledged claim are deducted from the secured claim when it is due.If this is not the case, the pledged creditor retains them as security in a specially allocated account ope…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of the guarantee between the guarantors

Article 2312

If there is more than one guarantor, the one who paid has a personal claim and a subrogatory claim against the others, each for its share.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-28

The grant mentioned in article R. 6123-24 is paid according to a schedule defined by agreement between the State and France Compétences. The allocations mentioned in article R. 6123-25 are paid on a q…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Cross-country skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing

Article L342-28

The association mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 342-27 may include the regions and départements concerned, the communes or associations of communes whose territory supports or may suppo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Text and data mining for various purposes

Article R122-28

The objection referred to in III of Article L. 122-5-3 does not have to be substantiated and may be expressed by any means. In the case of content made available to the public online, this objection m…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-28

The purpose of the assistance provided to the contracting authority for the award of public works contracts is:1° To prepare the consultation of the economic operators responsible for the works, depen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Informing families (R).

Article R2223-25

General documentation and quotations must include an indication of the name, legal representative and address of the operator and, where applicable, its registration number in the Trade Register or th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Interest-bearing loans.

Article 1909

Interest may be stipulated in return for a capital sum that the lender refrains from demanding.In this case, the loan is known as "annuitisation".

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular insurance.

Article L132-28

I.-The intermediary referred to in Article L. 511-1 shall draw up agreements with the insurance or capitalisation undertakings offering individual insurance policies with surrender values, capitalisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-28

The rate of contributions due under II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set :1° For the public offers mentioned in 1°, at 0.30 per thousand of the value of the financial instruments purchased, exchanged, pres…

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