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Showing 411420 of 51530 articles for Art. Cass. com. 2-12-2020 n° 18-22.512

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a consumer loan.

Article 1892

A consumer loan is a contract by which one of the parties delivers to the other a certain quantity of things that are consumed by use, on the obligation of the latter to return as many of the same kin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The nature of a consumer loan.

Article 1896

The rule set out in the previous article does not apply if the loan was made in ingots.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12-2

The education programme referred to in 12° of the I of article L. 232-5 shall cover at least the following topics:the principles and values associated with the fight against doping; -the rights and re…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-12

The Cour de cassation is not obliged to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Conse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-18

The emolument provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-18 for the benefit of the judicial representative for the whole of the safeguard or receivership proceedings (number 1 of Table 4-3)…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-12

Any person who receives a period of Ineligibility of more than four years may, after serving four years of such period of Ineligibility, participate as an athlete in local sporting events organised by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation for damage by the court and enforcement of the judgment

Article 849-18

The claimant in the action who has received a mandate for the purposes of compensation is deemed to be a creditor, within the meaning of Articles L. 111-2 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-18

The transfer of individual rights from a collective company pension savings plan to another pension savings plan before leaving the company is only possible up to a limit of one transfer every three y…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-18

The validity of the seizure-claim is subject to the conditions set out in Articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-18

The dividend distributed, if any, to holders of preference shares may be paid in equity securities, in accordance with the terms set by the Extraordinary General Meeting or the Articles of Association…

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