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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-10

The insurance policy may be pledged either by endorsement or by deed subject to the formalities set out in articles 2355 to 2366 of the Civil Code. Where the beneficiary's acceptance precedes the pled…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting the payment deadline

Article L2192-10

…it laid down in the contract or, failing that, within the time-limit laid down by regulation, which may differ according to the category of contracting authority.Where a time-limit for payment is laid…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R3123-10

The conceding authority may not require the grouping of economic operators to have a specific legal form when submitting an application or a tender.However, the conceding authority may require the gro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-109

…ument a list of the directors or members of the supervisory board and management board, as the case may be, and of the statutory auditors in office, showing their surnames and first names in common us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Practice of control medicine.

Article R4127-104

…examination is bound to secrecy towards the administration or body that calls upon his services. He may and must only provide his conclusions from an administrative point of view, without indicating t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-10

…ts are announced. Outgoing members of the Disciplinary Chamber, whether full members or alternates, may be re-elected. An alternate member whose term of office has not expired may apply to become a fu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article L123-10

…clare the address of their business and prove that they are entitled to use it. In particular, they may domicile their company in premises occupied jointly by several companies under conditions laid d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-10

…he protection perimeter for the purposes of carrying out the work provided for in article L. 1322-8 may only take place by virtue of an order issued by the representative of the State in the départeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-10

…s thereof other than those provided for in article L. 2112-7. When the required act is a decree, it may decide that some of these conditions are determined by an order of the representative of the Sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

The lot of certain beneficiaries may be made up, in whole or in part, of donations, either subject to return or made outside their share, already received by them from the disposing person, having reg…

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