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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-21-1

Pursuant to articles L. 733-18 and L. 743-1 of the French Consumer Code, the cancellation of a debt corresponding to the amount of an unpaid cheque is deemed to constitute regularisation of the incide…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L213-29

The form of the operating account as well as the definition of gross receipts, operating costs and general operating costs are determined by a professional agreement concluded between the representati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L213-28

…e Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée must, within six months of the theatrical release, and then at least once a year for the duration of the contract with the line producer, draw up and s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2518

Any amendment to the title subsequent to registration shall only be evidence of the rights mentioned therein until proven otherwise.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2516

The property to be registered is first bounded. However, any owner, in agreement with the adjoining owners, may waive the bounding. The boundary markers belong to the owner whose property is bounded.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2517

Registration gives rise to the drawing up of a title deed by the registrar of immovable property. The title deed attests, where necessary, to the status of owner. In the courts, it constitutes the sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2519

Title deeds and their registrations retain the rights they record as long as they have not been cancelled or amended and are proof to third parties that the person named therein is vested with the rig…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2520

…cant refuses to acquiesce. The court may order the registration, in whole or in part, of immovables and the registration of real rights and charges whose existence it has recognised. It shall, if nece…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R242-20

A repeat offence of the offences punishable under articles R. 242-16 to R. 242-19 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-22

…The application is made by means of a summary proceedings summons delivered to the opposing party and notified, where applicable, to the third party in whose hands the seizure has been carried out.T…

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