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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1449

…inging an action before a State court for the purpose of obtaining an investigative measure or an interim or protective measure. Subject to the provisions governing protective attachments and judicial…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1443

An arbitration agreement shall be in writing, failing which it shall be null and void. It may result from an exchange of writings or from a document referred to in the main agreement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1446

The parties may compromise even during proceedings already commenced before a court.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1448

Where a dispute arising under an arbitration agreement is brought before a State court, the latter shall declare that it has no jurisdiction unless the arbitral tribunal has not yet been seised and th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1447

…ndependent of the contract to which it relates. It is not affected by the ineffectiveness of the latter. When void, the arbitration clause is deemed unwritten.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Gambling and betting.

Article 1967

In no case may the loser repeat what he has voluntarily paid, unless there has been fraud, deceit or swindle on the part of the winner.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Gambling and betting.

Article 1966

Games suitable for practising the use of weapons, foot or horse races, chariot races, the game of palms and other games of the same nature which have to do with skill and the exercise of the body, are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Gambling and betting.

Article 1965

The law grants no action for a gambling debt or for the payment of a bet.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: CASE OF A FOREIGNER REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR A STATE WITH WHICH THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS IS APPLICABLE

Article R615-1

The administrative authority competent to decide, pursuant to Article L. 615-1, to implement a decision taken by another State is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L7331-1

This Code is applicable to employee entrepreneurs who are members of a cooperative for activity and employment mentioned inArticle 26-41 of Law No 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of coopera…

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