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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

Contracting company(name and legal form)Name :Address (of registered office and, if applicable, branch and name of Member State).......................................................Information note1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-8

The contract of incorporation or the articles of association, as the case may be, must, on pain of nullity, and subject to the joint and several liability of the signatories, contain an express statem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-2

The right to appeal belongs: 1° To the accused; 2° To the public prosecutor; 3° To the person civilly liable, as regards his civil interests; 4° To the civil party, as regards his civil interests; 5°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-6

The regulations of the sports federation or, where applicable, of the professional league may provide for a procedure to approve the fixed-term employment contract of the professional athlete and trai…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-22

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation of the insured, the insurer may, if the formal notice has not been followed by payment, cancel the current policy, but the cancellation shall hav…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-77

The operator of a cinema is responsible for the printed tickets in his possession. He must be able to show the tickets not yet used and to justify, if necessary, the missing quantities of tickets.In t…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-59

In addition to the information required for all judgements, the adjudication judgement refers to the orientation judgement, the judgements ruling on disputes and the conditions of sale. It designates…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-52

No compensation or costs other than those mentioned in article L. 313-51 may not be charged to the borrower in the event of default as provided for in this article. However, in the event of default by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-21

The procedures for organising the interview are defined by the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.The procedures for transcribing the personal i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 845

An heir who renounces the succession may, however, retain the inter vivos gift or claim the legacy made to him up to the available portion unless the disposing person has expressly required the report…

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