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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L612-2

A dispute cannot be examined by the consumer mediator when:1° The consumer does not prove that he has previously attempted to resolve his dispute directly with the trader by means of a written complai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-41

The civil party is required, pursuant to articles 88 and 88-1, to deposit at the court registry, unless exempted, within the time limit set by the investigating judge, on pain of inadmissibility, a su…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II : DELIVERY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article L622-2

The decision to surrender a foreign national in the cases provided for in articles L. 621-4, L. 621-5, L. 621-6 and L. 621-7 may only be accompanied by a ban on movement within French territory if the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-52

A doctor who has treated a person during the illness from which he or she has died may not take advantage of inter vivos or testamentary dispositions made by the latter in his or her favour during the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-44

When a doctor becomes aware that a person to whom he or she is called is being abused or deprived, he or she must take the most appropriate steps to protect that person by exercising prudence and circ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-316

When a midwife discerns that a woman to whom she is called, or her child, is being abused, she must use the most appropriate means to protect them, exercising caution and circumspection.In the case of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-18

When nurses become aware that a person with whom they are working is being abused, deprived, ill-treated or sexually assaulted, they must use the most appropriate means to protect that person, exercis…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Property damage.

Article L126-3

Insurance undertakings must include in the contracts mentioned in article L. 126-2 a clause extending their cover to the losses mentioned in that article.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Article L3241-3

…s contracts concluded by the local authorities referred to in the previous article must not contain clauses involving the leasing of public revenue.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1434

The court may carry out a partial reconstruction of the deed in cases where the proof of certain clauses, sufficient in themselves, is alone reported.

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