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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1443

An arbitration agreement shall be in writing, failing which it shall be null and void. It may result from an exchange of writings or from a document referred to in the main agreement.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B : Assessment procedure

Article 1515

…II. - The procedures for applying I and II are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, as is the reference date to be used for determining the coefficients (2).IV. - The date of incorporation in th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 433

…al of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be deprived of the option of transit and warehousing as well as of any duty credit. 2. Any person who lends his name in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-36

Redemption under this section shall be made, at the option of the electronic money holder, in legal tender coins and banknotes or by a payment transaction ordered by the issuer for the benefit of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1475

…erty owned by one of the spouses, or if it is contiguous to that property, the owner spouse has the option of having it allocated to him or her by deduction from his or her share or in return for a ba…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-10

…shall notify a copy of the filing documents to the other party without delay. It shall exhaust the options offered by the applicable laws and regulations to defer publication of the application.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH OVER-INDebtedness

Article R732-2

…rmal notice sent to the debtor to perform its obligations, without prejudice to the exercise of the options provided for in Articles L. 721-1, L. 721-4, L. 721-6, L. 721-7, L. 722-3, L. 722-4 and L. 7…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Examination of complaints and claims.

Article R1112-91

…if they are not satisfied with the explanations they receive, they are informed that they have the option of either addressing a complaint or claim in writing to the legal representative of the insti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 5: Specific provisions applicable in the event of a finding that does not allow the ticket to be issued immediately and in the event of the use of a secure electronic device

Article A37-18

The payment notice sets out all the options available to the offender for paying the fine as well as the practical arrangements for payment. A detachable payment card is incorporated at the bottom of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-94

…ided for in article R. 822-91, the rightful claimants of the deceased member have not exercised the option to transfer the shares of their author and if no prior consent to the preferential allocation…

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