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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-2

…and compliance with their commitments; 6° Organising audit and control missions within the network; 7° Setting the accounting instructions necessary for the preparation of the accounts of each entity…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the estimated value of the concession contract

Article R3121-2

…y, provided that they are necessary for the execution of the works or the provision of the services;7° Any premiums or payments to candidates or tenderers.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-5

…of the agreement; 6° The duration of the agreement and the terms and conditions for terminating it; 7° The terms and conditions for settling disputes as to the performance of the agreement and, if the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-9

The assignment of a property or part of a property is received by notarial deed and published in the mortgage office or, in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, in the land register for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L670-1-1

This Title also applies to natural persons domiciled in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements who have set up an appropriated asset in accordance with article L. 526-7 and whose agricultura…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-12

…y the person concerned in the investigation; 6° Previous breaches committed by the person concerned;7° Where the sanction is imposed for breaches of the provisions of Sections 3 to 6 of Chapter I of T…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-17

The Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique shall inform the person whose activity is to offer access to online public communication services of the suspension sentence i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article D811-1-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The provisions of Book IV mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-8

…The general conditions for setting the selling prices of the establishment's products and services; 7° The annual activity report presented by the director; 8° The financial account and the allocation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Product definition

Article 434

It is forbidden to manufacture, dispatch, sell, offer for sale or hold with a view to sale, under the name of wine, cider, perry or mead, products that do not meet the definition given, for wine, by C…

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