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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-11

Candidates or tenderers may send the purchaser a backup copy of the documents transmitted electronically in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister for the Economy appende…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-11

I.-For the settlement of sums due to him in respect of droit de suite, and for a period of three years following the sale entitling him to the collection of this right, the beneficiary may, by specify…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-11

Any undivided co-owner may claim his annual share of the profits, after deduction of the expenses incurred by the acts to which he has consented or which are enforceable against him.In the absence of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100-2

Legal facts are acts or events to which the law attaches legal effects.Obligations arising from a legal fact are governed, as the case may be, by the subtitle relating to extra-contractual liability o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Sources of obligations

Article 1100-1

Legal acts are expressions of will intended to produce legal effects. They may be conventional or unilateral.They obey, as a matter of course, for their validity and effects, the rules that govern con…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-11

The producer may not invoke the ground for exoneration provided for in 4° of article 1245-10 where the damage was caused by an element of the human body or by products derived from it.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-11

An action for nullity is extinguished when the cause of the nullity has ceased to exist on the day the court rules on the merits at first instance, unless the nullity is based on the unlawfulness of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-11

The European arrest warrant is a judicial decision issued by a Member State of the European Union, known as the issuing Member State, with a view to the arrest and surrender by another Member State, k…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-11

Following notification of the extradition request, if he decides not to release the person claimed, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or to the judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedural frameworks

Article 696-115

When the Public Prosecutor relinquishes jurisdiction in favour of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, investigations shall continue under Article 696-113 or, where applicable, of article 696-114.…

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