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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-4

Restitutions owed by an unemancipated minor or a protected adult of full age are reduced to the amount of the benefit he or she derived from the annulled deed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Binding force

Article 1194

Contracts are binding not only on what is expressed in them, but also on all the consequences that equity, usage or the law give them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-104

[Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2004-492 DC of 2 March 2004.] [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2004-492 DC of 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R422-1

References to provisions that are not applicable in the collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are replaced by references to provisions with the same purpose that are applicable there.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single section: Provisions applicable to the State, its public establishments and unauthorised purchasers

Article R2221-3

For the projects of unauthorised purchasers, authorisation prior to the launch of the procurement procedure is given by the ministers responsible for the budget and the economy.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-32

Any clause the object or effect of which is to prohibit a consumer from taking part in a group action shall be deemed unwritten.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article L4424-1-A

The Corsican Collectivity exercises by right the competences which the laws, in their provisions not contrary to the present title, attribute to the départements and regions.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of acquisitive prescription.

Article 2267

The heirs of those who held the property or the right to any of the titles designated by the preceding article may not prescribe either.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-22

Failure to comply with the prohibitions set out in article L. 3354-3 is punishable by a 5th class fine.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cultural identity: powers of the territorial collectivity of Corsica in terms of education and culture

Article L4424-1

…Observatory for the Safety and Accessibility of Educational Establishments mentioned in Article L. 239-2 of the same code.Each year, the territorial collectivity of Corsica decides on the general edu…

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