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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-17

When a trader contacts a consumer by telephone under the conditions set out in article L. 221-16, the use of a masked number is prohibited. The number displayed before the call is established pursuant…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of the borrower's solvency

Article L312-17

…stance communication technique, an information sheet separate from the sheet referred to in Article L. 312-12 is provided by the creditor or credit intermediary to the borrower. This information sheet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-17

…benefit from additional payments made by the company and, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 224-15, the costs associated with their management are borne exclusively by the former employee m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

…iability has been validly included in the transfer contract, only the damage referred to in article L. 155-5 of the Mining Code suffered as a result of a mining incident within the meaning of the said…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…er has been executed, the buyer and seller of the financial instruments referred to in I of Article L. 211-1 are definitively committed, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, on the date referr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfers of goods

Article L1424-17

…the latter, free of charge, from the date set by an agreement, subject to the provisions of article L. 1424-19. This agreement, concluded between, on the one hand, the commune or the public establishm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-17

…article does not apply to commercial relations with wholesalers within the meaning of II of article L. 441-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-17

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-17

A buyer who pays his seller without having made the prescribed publications, or before the expiry of the ten-day period, is not discharged with regard to third parties.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-17

…f the Civil Code. Notwithstanding any clause to the contrary, this judgement is not subject to appeal. The expert's report is subject to approval by the president of the judicial court ruling under th…

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