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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-22

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing for divorce

Article 252

…minder of the provisions relating to: 1° mediation in family matters and participative proceedings; 2° Approval of partial or full agreements between the parties on the arrangements for exercising par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-26

…shall be imposed for providing funds, directly or indirectly, to a child referred to in article L. 7124-12, or to his or her legal representatives: 1° Without having requested or obtained individual a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Representatives' training and delegation time

Article L7343-20

The representatives appointed in application of article L. 7343-12 are entitled to flat-rate compensation intended to offset the loss of remuneration resulting from: 1° Where applicable, the training…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 214

…transactions with members and distributed to the latter in proportion to the order of each of them; 2° In the case of sociétés coopératives de production, the share of net profits which is distributed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

…by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where a supply of goods or services…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

…ion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal hearing an order declaring the release from full hospitalisation in ap…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2529

…several formalities of a nature to produce effects enforceable against third parties under Article 2528, are required on the same day in respect of the same immovable, the one required under the titl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cases of divorce

Article 229

…ce may be granted in the event of:-either mutual consent, in the case provided for in 1° of article 229-2;-either of acceptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage;-either of definitive…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: PENALTIES

Article L761-2

Any act or payment made in violation of articles L. 721-2, L. 722-2, L. 722-3, L. 722-4, L. 722-5, L. 722-12, L. 722-13, L. 722-14, L. 722-16, L. 724-4, L. 732-2, L. 733-1 and L. 733-4 may be annulled…

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