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Showing 31113120 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 Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-78

The contract includes: 1° The information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74; 2° Where applicable, changes made to the same information in accordance with the provisions of article L. 224-7…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-75

The trader shall provide the consumer free of charge with the information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74, using forms specific to each of the contracts cited in articles L. 224-69 and L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-17

Except in the case of operations undertaken by a private individual for his or her own personal use, as provided for in Article L. 4532-7, no person may act as coordinator unless he or she possesses t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-8

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file is informed of this by the judicial authority either by personal notification, or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the las…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1a: Freedom to provide services by industrial property agents established on the territory of a Member State of the European Community or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R422-7-2

The professionals mentioned in Article R. 422-7-1 are required, when carrying out their activity in France, to comply with the rules set out in the articles L. 422-8 and R. 422-52 to R. 422-54. In the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Contribution to payment

Article 1711

Public officers who, under the terms of articles 1705 and 1706, have made, for the parties, the advance payment of registration duties or land registration tax may pursue payment in accordance with th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1793

Where an architect or contractor has undertaken the fixed-price construction of a building, according to a plan drawn up and agreed with the owner of the land, he may not demand any increase in price,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Temporary export.

Article 175

Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Industry lay down :a) the conditions under which the customs administration may authorise the temporary export of produc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-4

When they concern one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code as well as the offences mentioned in articles L. 224-1 et L. 225-7 of the Internal Security Code, i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Payment of duties

Article 1701

Duties on deeds and those on transfers by death shall be paid before registration, land registration or merged formality is carried out, at the rates and quotas regulated by this code. No one may miti…

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