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Showing 52515260 of 69677 articles for Art. s. 1845 to 1870-1 · decree 78-704 of 3 July 1978 · C. civ. Art. 1105

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-37

…ommunications service provider on consumers who are in a vulnerable situation, particularly in view of their resources.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-38

The provisions of this Article shall apply to any electronic communications service provider offering the consumer, directly or through a third party, an after-sales service, a technical assistance se…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-34

The consumer may terminate the contract, free of charge, in the event of a significant, permanent or frequent discrepancy between the actual performance of an electronic communications service, other…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-35

Any sum paid in advance by the consumer to a supplier of electronic communications services shall be returned to him, subject to payment of any outstanding invoices, at the latest within ten days of p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-33

Any draft amendment to the contractual conditions shall be notified by the electronic communications service provider to the consumer, in a clear and comprehensible manner, on a durable medium at leas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-36

…ntract including a clause imposing compliance with a minimum performance period has been subscribed to by the consumer, the invoices drawn up by electronic communications service providers shall menti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

In the event of redundancies for economic reasons involving fewer than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the employer must inform the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R782-3

I. - Are applicable in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R783-3

I. - The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-3

…ittal order entails obligations for the convicted person who is not detained for another reason: 1° To respond to the summons to appear within a period that may not exceed one month before the public…

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