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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article L124-4

In the case provided for in article L. 25-1 of the Highway Code, as stated in that article, "the insurer of the owner of the vehicle is obliged to guarantee, within the limits of the contract, compens…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-16

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 511-15 and L. 511-15-1, the funds repayable from the public referred to in Article L. 312-2 and the other repayable funds are repaid by the credit institution…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L390-1

…r 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020.Article L. 310-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Order 2017-484 of 6 April 2017 relating to the creation of bodies dedicated to the exercise of supplementa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-17

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-20 to R. 15-33-23 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised tax agents.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article L522-1

…the provisions of Articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 and L. 521-3 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 of 21 September 2017, the intermediary or insurance undertaking that carries out distribut…

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

Article L712-5-1

…n in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; 2° Or that there were just grounds for its non-use. For the purposes of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…nsurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension fun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L743-4

…right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the except…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L742-4

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the except…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-4

…right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-29Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 511-33Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022L. 511-34Order no. 2020-115…

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