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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-5

As stated in article L. 752-28 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code), people who have the option of taking out supplementary insurance against accidents in privat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-4

As stated in article L. 752-13 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, persons subject to the compulsory insurance scheme for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Seizures of property

Article 706-150

During the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order, by reasoned decision, the seizure, at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

During the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order by reasoned decision the seizure, at t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Seizure of assets

Article 706-149

The rules specific to certain types of property laid down in this Title, with the exception of those relating to the attachment order, shall apply to property included in whole or in part in the asset…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Seizure of assets

Article 706-148

If the investigation relates to an offence punishable by at least five years' imprisonment, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Seizures of property

Article 706-151

…ents of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, in the land register for the location of the property. The formalities for this publication are carried out, on behalf of the public prosecutor or the investig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Seizures of property

Article 706-152

A sale of the property concluded before publication of the decision to seize the property under criminal law and published after this publication at the mortgage registry or in the land register for t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L241-3-1

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 215-1-1 relating to the arrangements for terminating contracts electronically is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L241-3

Where the trader has not made the refund under the conditions set out in Article L. 215-1, the sums due shall bear interest at the legal rate.

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