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Showing 15411550 of 57258 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1056 of 17-11-2023

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1183

…ould rely on the nullity either confirm the contract or bring an action for nullity within a period of six months on pain of foreclosure. The cause of the nullity must have ceased. The writing express…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lapse

Article 1186

A contract validly formed lapses if one of its essential elements disappears. Where the performance of several contracts is necessary for the performance of the same transaction and one of them disapp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lapse

Article 1187

Lapse terminates the contract. It may give rise to restitution under the conditions set out in articles 1352 to 1352-9.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1179

Nullity is absolute where the rule infringed has as its object the safeguarding of the general interest. It is relative where the rule infringed has as its sole object the safeguarding of a private in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-11

…easures to those planned by the organiser if the latter appear insufficient to guarantee the safety of road users, participants and spectators, to ensure satisfactory traffic conditions and to protect…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-11

I. - The National Gaming Authority shall carry out the checks requested by the organiser of the sporting event or competition, by matching the file transmitted by the latter with the processing of per…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions

Article 1106

A contract is synallagmatic when the contracting parties bind themselves reciprocally to each other. It is unilateral when one or more persons obligate themselves to one or more others without there b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions

Article 1105

…tracts, whether or not they have a proper name, are subject to general rules, which are the subject of this subtitle. The rules particular to certain contracts are set out in the provisions specific t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions

Article 1103

Legally formed contracts take the place of law for those who have made them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions

Article 1107

A contract is onerous when each of the parties receives a benefit from the other in return for that which he provides. It is gratuitous when one of the parties provides the other with a benefit withou…

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