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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301-1

He is bound to exercise all the care of a reasonable person in the management of the business; he must continue the management until the master of the business or his successor is able to provide for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301

A person who, without being obliged to do so, knowingly and usefully manages the business of another, without the knowledge or opposition of the master of that business, is subject, in the performance…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301-2

A person whose business has been usefully managed must fulfil the commitments entered into in his interest by the manager.He reimburses the manager for expenses incurred in his interest and compensate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Business management

Article 1301-5

If the manager's action does not meet the conditions of business management but nevertheless benefits the master of that business, the master must indemnify the manager according to the rules of unjus…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L219-1

…an online content sharing service within the meaning of article L. 137-1. The provisions set out in III of Article L. 219-2 do not apply to online public communication services whose purpose is to inf…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-5

The provisions of Article L. 310-25 and of Chapters III, VI, VII and VIII of Title II of this Book, applicable to life insurance and capitalisation companies, apply to supplementary occupational pensi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-18

…that he or she considers useful, in particular the contracts mentioned in article L. 213-14 and in III of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-4

…y from examining magistrates to investigate and record the offences provided for in Books I, II and III and in Articles L. 413-1, L. 413-2, L. 441-1and L. 452-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-2

…n, which may either propose or impose treatment measures under the conditions provided for in Title III, or impose personal recovery without judicial liquidation or refer the matter, with the debtor's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Removal for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1241-2

…ove organs after death, expressed under the conditions set out in Section II of Chapter II of Title III of Book II of this Part, also constitutes a refusal to remove tissues and cells and to collect h…

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