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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-26

…ion of insurance results from the production either of one of the documents provided for in section IV of this chapter, or of a valid international insurance card, or of a document proving that fronti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

Any approved association that has been registered for at least five years on the date on which the civil party is brought, proposing by its articles of association to combat corruption, may exercise t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5-2

In the year following the appointment of any newly elected member as a member of the board of directors or the supervisory board of a local semi-public company, the said company offers the elected mem…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-20-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-8-2

Without prejudice to the exclusive jurisdiction of the enforcement judge, an appeal relating to the validity of the notification by the Competition Authority of the acts mentioned in IV of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-6-2

…ributor outside its contract territory to end users; c) Restrictions on sales by members of a selective distribution system who operate as retailers on the market, irrespective of the possibility of p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-2-1

Practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 and article L. 952-21 of the Education Code may not work on a freelance basis within the Armed Forces Medical Corps. Practice in an army hospital or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-6-2

…under which they can benefit from legal aid and the addresses of the structures where they can receive legal advice.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-2

…nt of the theoretical mathematical provision calculated at 31 December of the financial year ended ;2° The amount of the technical provisions mentioned in 1° to 3° of article R. 441-7 at the same date…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-2

…n provided for in Article L. 623-22-1 shall be made to the judicial court. The licence is non-exclusive. In particular, the court shall determine its duration, scope and the amount of royalties to whi…

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