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Showing 33113320 of 64359 articles for Art. L 141-12 and L 141-13

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-2

What is only due in time cannot be demanded before the due date; but what has been paid in advance cannot be repeated.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-1

The term may be express or tacit.Failing agreement, the judge may fix it in consideration of the nature of the obligation and the situation of the parties.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-4

The debtor may not claim the benefit of the term if he fails to provide the security promised to the creditor or if he reduces the security securing the obligation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-13

The members of the commission shall be allocated a fixed allowance for the cases they have to deal with. The allowance shall include the reimbursement of miscellaneous secretarial expenses, correspond…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advisory bodies

Article R822-13

The Board of Directors of the National Consumer Institute may set up advisory committees. The Director General is an ex officio member of these committees. The Government Commissioner and the Economic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-13

The court shall rule on an appeal where the amount of the claim exceeds the rate of its final jurisdiction.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-13

…neeship is to prepare the trainee for the practice of the profession. The trainee's activity is not limited to simple execution tasks. As far as possible, it is directly related to the theoretical stu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-13

Each year, the sports agents' commission communicates to the Minister for Sport the list of sports agents holding a sports agent's licence in the discipline for which it is responsible, indicating tho…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-2

An obligation contracted under a condition whose performance depends solely on the will of the debtor is null. This nullity cannot be invoked where the obligation was performed with full knowledge of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-4

A party is free to waive the condition stipulated in its exclusive interest, as long as it has not been fulfilled or has not failed.

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