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Showing 21212130 of 57637 articles for Art. Law 89-462 of 6 July 1989

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-6

The consumer is only bound by his signature. By way of derogation from the first paragraph and the first paragraph of Article L. 221-25, if the consumer who moves into a site solicits a supplier and w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual reside…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62-1

If the transcription of the paternal acknowledgement proves impossible, due to the secrecy of his identity opposed by the mother, the father may inform the public prosecutor. The latter will search fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-6

…sible for organising the medical surveillance to which their licence holders registered on the list of elite sportsmen and women mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 are subject. An or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-6

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed by order of the Minister for Sport from among the qualified persons mentioned in 3° of article R. 114-4, on the recommendation of the Chairman of th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

Article 67 ter

In the course of controls falling within their remit, customs officers, once they have consulted the processing of personal data relating to individuals, objects or vehicles for which an alert has bee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special conditions of secondment

Article L1262-6

Without prejudice to article L. 1262-3 and section 2 of this chapter, employers seconding one or more employees under the conditions set out in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 for short-term services a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-6

Time spent away from the company during working hours by employee members of the labour tribunal in the performance of their duties is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of poisoning

Article L1340-6

The conditions for the application of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular : 1° The organisation of the toxicovigilance system ; 2° The conditions under which the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L172-6

If the insurer establishes that there has been fraud on the part of the insured or his agent, the insurance taken out for a sum greater than the real value of the insured item is void, and the premium…

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