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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-28

Where the consumer asks the trader, during the period of the legal guarantee or the commercial guarantee granted to him at the time of the supply of digital content or a digital service, to bring the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-27

The obligations of the professional referred to in articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 relating to commercial warranties in respect of sales also apply to commercial warranties subscribed in connection wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-29

The provisions of this section do not deprive the consumer of the right to exercise the action resulting from the warranty for hidden defects as set out in articles 1641 to 1649 of the Civil Code or a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-209-2

The Ordinary General Meeting may authorise the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, to purchase the company's shares, in order to offer them or allocate them: - in the year…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-2

The authorisation to manage a blood depot referred to in article L. 1221-10 is granted by the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction, after obtaining the opinion of the Etablissement fra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2233

Prescription does not run:1° In respect of a claim which depends on a condition, until the condition arrives;2° In respect of an action in warranty, until the eviction takes place;3° In respect of a c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2235

It does not run or is suspended against unemancipated minors and adults under guardianship, except for actions for payment or recovery of wages, arrears of annuities, maintenance payments, rents, tena…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2236

It does not run or is suspended between spouses, as well as between partners bound by a civil solidarity pact.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2237

It does not run or is suspended against the accepting heir up to the amount of the net assets, in respect of the claims he has against the succession.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2238

The limitation period is suspended from the day on which, after a dispute has arisen, the parties agree to have recourse to mediation or conciliation or, in the absence of a written agreement, from th…

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