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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-52

The contract of sale or provision of services is automatically terminated, without compensation: 1° If the creditor has not, within seven days of acceptance of the credit agreement by the borrower, in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-49

The seller or service provider shall keep a copy of the credit agreement and present it to the control officers at their request.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-50

The seller or service provider may not receive any payment from the purchaser in any form whatsoever, nor any deposit, in addition to the part of the price that the purchaser has agreed to pay in cash…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article 716

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 213-2 du code pénitentiaire, les personnes mises en examen, prévenus et accusées soumises à la détention provisoire sont placées en cellule individu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-97

The Sanction Committee shall issue a reasoned decision. The decision is signed by the chairman of the panel. It is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional card

Article R4222-9

A pharmacist wishing to obtain a European professional card pursuant to Article L. 4002-2 submits his application electronically, together with supporting documents, to a regional directorate for yout…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 763

If, at the time of death, the successor spouse actually occupies, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spouses or wholly dependent on the succession, he or she has by right, f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 765

The value of the rights of habitation and use is set off against the value of the inheritance rights collected by the spouse. If the value of the rights of habitation and use is less than that of his…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 766

The successor spouse and the heirs may, by agreement, convert the rights of habitation and use into a life annuity or a capital sum. If there is among the successors party to the agreement a minor or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

In cases which are or would appear to be of great complexity, due in particular to the large number of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend, the…

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