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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-44

The trader in a contractual relationship with the consumer shall inform the consumer, on his website, of the existence of this tool and the means of accessing it.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Contracts for the provision of medical care

Article L242-44

Penalties for offences relating to estimates and the cooling-off period for cosmetic surgery are laid down by the provisions of the chapitre IV du titre II du livre III de la sixième partie du code de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-44

The affected credit agreements referred to in 11° of Article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

I. Companies subject by right or by option to an actual system of taxation of their results and which carry on an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of article 34 are exempt f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

The taxable profits of small-scale fishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-44

The departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-3

The judge may, at any time, invite the parties to provide the explanations of fact and law that he deems necessary for the resolution of the dispute and give them formal notice to produce, within a pe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-4

The date on which a party's claims and arguments are duly submitted in writing is the date on which they are communicated between the parties.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-1

At the hearing, the parties present their claims and supporting arguments orally. They may also refer to any claims and pleas they may have formulated in writing. The parties' observations are noted i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-2

When the proceedings are adjourned to a later hearing, the judge may organise the exchanges between the parties appearing. After having heard their opinions, the judge may thus set the time limits and…

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