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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-1-1

I.-The information body mentioned in article L. 451-1 is responsible for setting up a file of land motor vehicles insured in accordance with Chapter I of Title I of Book II and State vehicles not subj…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-2

Any confiscation order shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up by the competent authority of the issuing State comprising the following particulars: 1° The identification of the issuing State;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Medical file

Article R4412-54

…ach worker exposed to chemical agents hazardous to health, the occupational health physician shall set up and keep an individual file containing : 1° Where applicable, the information communicated by…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article D321-3

The insurer may not claim against the victim or his successors : 1° An excess ; 2° A proportional reduction of the indemnity; 3° Forfeiture of rights. It may bring an action for reimbursement of sums…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R326-1

I.-When, at the request of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Enforcement Committee or the resolution college of this authority, the liquidation of an undertaking mentioned in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Therapeutic injunction by the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article L3424-1

…order continues to be enforced, where applicable, after the close of the investigation, the rules set out in the second to fourth paragraphs of article 148-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure being a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article L6242-1

…year. II - The following are taken into account in the numerator of the quotient provided for in I: 1° Employees on professionalisation or apprenticeship contracts and, during the year following the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R940-1

…for in the chapters below, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in French Polynesia:1° Articles R. 123-220 to R. 123-234-2, insofar as they concern State institutions and departments a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Pharmacy inspection.

Article L5127-2

…erty and custody judge will rule on this request within twenty-four hours. He or she may order the detention to continue until the test results or documents have been produced. The liberty and custody…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-2

…al court of the place of the registered office. The founders publish a notice under the conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. No subscription may be received if the formalities provid…

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