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Showing 16011610 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-22

…at the time of delivery of the goods. It specifies the content of the commercial guarantee, the procedures for implementing it, its price, duration, territorial scope and the name and postal and tele…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-22

The burden of proving that the right of withdrawal has been exercised under the conditions set out in article L. 221-21 weighs on the consumer.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-22

The exercise by the borrower of his right of withdrawal may not give rise to registration on a file.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-22

…articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent (family) passport" for a period equal to the remaining period…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Foreign nationals entrusted to the child welfare service

Article L423-22

…the provisions of article L. 421-35, foreign nationals who were entrusted to the child welfare service or to a trustworthy third party no later than the day they turned sixteen will be issued with a t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-1

…ration of the measures taken pursuant to this article must be determined by the judge and may not exceed three years, including any extension.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-3

…re voidable, at the request of the requesting spouse, all acts performed in violation of the ordinance, if they were performed with a third party in bad faith, or even in the case of property the alie…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 225-1

Each of the spouses may bear, as a matter of usage, the name of the other spouse, by substitution or addition to his or her own name in the order he or she chooses, within the limit of one surname for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 229-1

…ne of the persons mentioned in article 224 affecting the person's ability to carry out judicial police duties, the president of the investigating chamber, on a referral from the public prosecutor at t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-22

For the purposes of the provisions relating to legal aid, the departmental criminal court is treated in the same way as the assize court.

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