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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-4-1

…The duration of this minimum additional period may not be less than five years. II. - The detailed rules for the application of this article, in particular the list of products and parts concerned, t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Sales or provision of services with premiums

Article L121-19

…g those carried out by public bodies, in particular under public service delegation agreements. The rules relating to premium sales applicable to products and services offered for the management of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-3

…ount equal to the tax relating to this same asset which it was able to deduct in application of the rules laid down for persons who become liable for value added tax. No reimbursement of allocations f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377-1

The delegation, in whole or in part, of parental authority will result from the judgment handed down by the family affairs judge. However, the delegation judgment may provide, for the child's educatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Curators and tutors

Article 448

…ts of the protected person require that he or she be removed. In the event of difficulty, the judge rules. The same applies when the parents or the last surviving father and mother, not subject to a c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-8

Where the person under investigation intends to refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber pursuant to the provisions of Articles 140, third paragraph, 148, sixth paragraph, or 148-4, his request i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 425

A civil party duly summoned who does not appear or is not represented at the hearing is considered to have withdrawn his civil party claim. In this case, and if the public prosecution has only been se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 470-1

…the civil party or his insurer made before the close of the proceedings, to award, pursuant to the rules of civil law, compensation for all damages resulting from the facts on which the prosecution w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the conference of sports funding bodies

Article R112-44

…n the limits of the annual budgets, with a view to a policy and funding contract. It adopts its own rules of procedure after receiving the opinion of the Regional Sports Conference.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter C

…President of the Investigating Chamber may be appealed to the Supreme Court, in accordance with the rules set out in the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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