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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Judicial partition.

Article 841-1

…es up against the inertia of an undivided co-owner, he may give him formal notice, by extrajudicial act, to be represented. If the undivided co-owner fails to appoint a proxy within three months of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The creditor's formal notice

Article 1345

…date and without legitimate cause, refuses to receive the payment due to him or prevents it by his act, the debtor may give him formal notice to accept or allow performance.The creditor's formal noti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Procedural rules applicable to crimes against humanity and war crimes

Article 627

…rovisions shall apply to any person prosecuted or convicted by the International Criminal Court for acts which constitute, within the meaning of Articles 6 to 8 and 25 of the Statute, genocide, crimes…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

…ons set out in Article 689-1 any person guilty of a felony or misdemeanour defined by the Articles 421-1 to 421-2-2 of the Penal Code where this offence constitutes financing of terrorist acts within…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-34

…nditions set out in article 696-35. This consent may be given by the French Government, even if the act, cause of the request, is not one of the offences determined by Article 696-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-22

…tside the territory of the issuing State and French law does not authorise the prosecution of these acts when committed outside the territory of the Republic.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out doorstep selling

Article L341-8

Any person undertaking a banking or financial canvassing activity by physically visiting the homes of the persons canvassed, their place of work or premises not intended for the marketing of digital a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-2

For contracts where the value exceeds a threshold set by decree, the Social and Economic Committee, acting on a proposal from the Contracts Committee, determines the criteria used to select the Commit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-1

…3 and L. 3111-11.Article L. 3111-4 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-90

…either the company nor the members may rely on the aforementioned nullities vis-à-vis third parties acting in good faith.

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