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Showing 15011510 of 68984 articles for Art. 494-1 al. 1 and al. 2

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specific insurance accounting policies and valuations

Article A343-2-1

I.- Pursuant to Article R. 343-11, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request that an expert appraisal be carried out to determine the value of all or part of the assets of under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-25-1

Parties appearing in court who submit their claims in writing and who are assisted or represented by a lawyer must expressly state their claims and the pleas of fact and law on which each of these cla…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23-1

The insurance company has a period of fifteen days, after receiving notice of the death and becoming aware of the beneficiary's details, or at the end of the term of the contract, to ask the beneficia…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-2-1

…ame, under conditions set by decree. The regional councils, the territorial collectivity of Corsica and the general councils may ask the Institut national de la propriété industrielle to be alerted in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article D2213-1-0-2

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of I of article L. 2213-4-1, administrative air quality monitoring zones defined pursuant to article R. 221-3 of the Environment Code, in which one of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Free organisation of medical practice

Article R6146-9-2-1

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 6146-1-2, the director and the chairman of the establishment's medical commission inform the establishment's medical commission and the n…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17-2

The duties of investigation assistant may be performed by the staff mentioned in article 21-3 who have passed an examination certifying their suitability to carry out the duties provided for in that s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-2-1

…of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. In cases where the evidence of formal qualifications from t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-2

…th centre is a health centre that has signed a tripartite agreement with its regional health agency and a public scientific, cultural and professional establishment that includes a medical, pharmaceut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure

Article A211-1-2

The contract may be cancelled by the insurer before its normal expiry date, following a claim, if the claim was caused by a driver who was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, or if the claim…

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