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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-10

…that this defect arose subsequently;3° That the product was not intended for sale or for any other form of distribution ;4° That the state of scientific and technical knowledge, at the time he put th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1570

…ed since by succession or gift, as well as all property which, under the regime of legal community, forms private property by nature without giving rise to a reward. No account is taken of the fruits…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 551

…surname, forenames, profession and real or elected domicile and, in the case of a legal person, its form, name, registered office and the body that legally represents it. The summons issued to a witne…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-35

…lar invoices, briefs, contracts, leases or agreements. Acceptance of the expenditure shall take the form either of a dated and signed statement on the memorandum, invoice or any equivalent document, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

…e level of remuneration of the person, the payment of discretionary pension benefits is made in the form of financial instruments mentioned in Article L. 533-30-11. Payment is deferred for five years…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-8

…d by the following provisions: 1° In the case of a European Cooperative Society constituted by transformation, if a participation system exists in the cooperative which is to be transformed, the level…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3141-5

…leave, paternity leave, childcare leave and adoption leave; 3° Compulsory compensatory leave in the form of rest provided for in articles L. 3121-30, L. 3121-33 and L. 3121-38 ; 4° Rest days granted u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-7

…These plants or parts of plants may not, under any circumstances, be supplied to the public in the form of a mixture prepared in advance; however, authorisations for the mixture of certain specific m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Stimulus measures for the video publishing of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 916-37

…they have been awarded for the edition or re-edition of cinematographic or audiovisual works in the form of videograms intended for private public use, the marketing of which has been initiated or is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-2

…uments. For the purposes of determining the number of employees, those of companies, whatever their form, in which it directly or indirectly holds more than half of the capital are treated in the same…

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