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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-3

In the event that a local authority, a group of local authorities or another public entity entrusts the study and implementation of a development project to a local semi-public company under a develop…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to all bonded warehouses.

Article 157

1. When a new customs-approved treatment or use has not been given by the warehouse keeper at the end of the period for the goods to remain in the warehouse set by the administration or by the Communi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liability of the owners of the goods.

Article 404

Owners of goods are civilly liable for the acts of their employees in respect of duties, confiscations, fines and costs.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article L512-1

…with legal personality and made up of members from the insurance, banking and finance sectors. A Government Commissioner is appointed to this body. His mission and the terms of his appointment are se…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisational requirements

Article L511-5

…tion procedure, the body that keeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 exchanges relevant information on an ongoing basis with the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisational requirements

Article L511-6

All persons required to receive or disclose information in connection with the provisions of this chapter are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inArticle L. 612-17 of the Mone…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Professional requirements

Article L511-2

I.- Distributors of insurance and reinsurance products and their staff whose activities consist of providing recommendations on insurance or reinsurance contracts, presenting, proposing or helping to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Professional requirements

Article L511-3

…d who are responsible for the distribution of insurance or reinsurance, as well as staff directly involved in this activity, must be of sufficiently good repute for their duties, this condition being…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article L512-2

Undertakings subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, other undertakings mentioned in article L. 310-2 or reinsurance undertakings, which use the services of int…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisational requirements

Article L511-4

…d in the distribution of insurance or reinsurance, insurance or reinsurance undertakings shall approve, implement and regularly update their internal policies and appropriate internal procedures. They…

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