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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…the level of the insurance undertaking, Article R. 441-7-1 and the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21 do not apply. II. - For agreements entered into on or after 1 September 2017 with an insurance un…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Fishery products

Article R412-29

…res provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of the Council of the European Communities of 21 June 1989, as amended, laying down common m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-5

…he limit of the first family name for each of them, joined in alphabetical order. Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or this article has been applied in respect of a child of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…l police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 of this Code, may carry out the identity checks provided for in the seventh paragraph of Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-22

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

…0Resulting from Order No. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 314-22 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 314-23, with the exception of its fourth and last paragraphs, and L. 314-25 to L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-19

As soon as the filing provided for in

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

…ticle L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-25

…ficers, judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis of article 21, temporarily made available to an experimental department or unit, exercise their jurisdiction wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-25

…ntification of a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes;20° Hospitalisation at home ;21° Interventional radiology.

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