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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-3

A debtor who has not made his choice known must, if one of the performances becomes impossible, perform one of the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-2

If it results from force majeure, the impossibility of performing the chosen service discharges the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-4

A creditor who has not made his choice known must, if one of the performances becomes impossible to perform as a result of force majeure, be satisfied with one of the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-5

When the performances become impossible, the debtor is discharged only if the impossibility arises, for each of them, from a case of force majeure.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-130

When the registrar who carried out the main registration of a legal entity that may be subject to dissolution notes, after a period of two years following the entry in the register of the total cessat…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-130

The protected interventional unit in which paediatric cardiac surgery is carried out includes medical devices adapted to newborns and children, in particular for extracorporeal blood circulation equip…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-130

Leasing (number 114 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the amount of the investment, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 2.580% F…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-130

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector, in the light of professional experience or recognised qualifications attesting to the same skills, may validate this experience or waiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-130

I.-The qualified person shall send the application for authorisation provided for in Article L. 5141-12 to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'en…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Article 1303-3

Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, the change of matrimonial property regime obtained in application of the foreign law governing the effects of the union is mentioned in the mar…

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