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Showing 31013110 of 65597 articles for Art. L 141-7 · Cass. com. 20 June 1978 · CA Versailles 17 December 1980 · Cass. com. 14 May 1952 · Cass. 1re civ. 2 March 1960 · C. civ. Art. 2276

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1725

The lessor is not obliged to guarantee the lessee against any disturbance caused by third parties to the lessee's enjoyment of the leased property by de facto means, without claiming any rights over t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1715

If the lease made without writing has not yet received any performance, and one of the parties denies it, proof cannot be received by witnesses, however small the price, and however much it may be all…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-3

Officers of the judicial police, assisted, where appropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Obligations of agents

Article 1704

1. The receipt of registration shall be put on the registered deed or on the extract of the declaration of the new possessor. It shall express in full the date of registration, the folio of the regist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-5

For the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the offence provided for in article 431-10 of the Criminal Code, the judicial police officers mentioned in 2° to 4° of the article 16 of this code and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article L224-70

The contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of article

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-74

For timeshare contracts, the offer mentioned in article L. 224-73 also indicates: 1° Whether or not it is possible to take part in an exchange system and, if so, the name of the exchange system and it…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-77

The information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74 are an integral part of the contract. The professional may only modify all or part of the information provided in the event of force majeu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-79

The consumer has a period of fourteen clear days to withdraw from one of the contracts mentioned in articles L. 224-69 and L. 224-70, without giving any reason. He has this right from the day of concl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-76

The trader shall provide the consumer with a written contract on paper or on any other durable medium.It shall be drawn up, at the consumer's choice, in the language or in one of the languages of the…

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