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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 270

…the marriage creates in the respective living conditions. This benefit is a lump sum. It takes the form of a lump sum, the amount of which is set by the judge. However, the judge may refuse to award…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 19

Officers of the judicial police are required to inform the public prosecutor without delay of crimes, offences and contraventions of which they have knowledge. As soon as they have completed their ope…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-83

…wee may have the absence or insufficiency of the available funds recorded by a deed drawn up in the form of a protest. In the absence of an automatic deduction from the account and without prejudice t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-7

Consent is given in the form agreed between the payer and his payment service provider.Consent may be given through the payee or through a payment service provider providing a payment initiation servi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-1

…nsurance companies are legal entities governed by private law with non-commercial objects. They are formed to insure the risks brought in by their members or to offer the provision of the operations r…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-2

…sit to the establishment is completed to provide the operator with the visit certificate in digital form.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-13

…a mortgage statement surveyed on the date of registration. The declaration is notified, in the same form or by service, on the same day or the first working day thereafter, to the pursuing creditor an…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R411-1

The summons to vacate the premises takes the form of a bailiff's deed served on the person being evicted and contains, under penalty of nullity : 1° An indication of the enforceable title under which…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Electronic auctions

Article R2162-62

…n of its tender carried out in application of Article R. 2162-60. It also mentions the mathematical formula which will determine, during the electronic auction, the automatic reclassifications accordi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-245

…under the conditions provided for the amendment of the Articles of Association of companies of this form.

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