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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-4

Any person who is insured with several insurers under several policies, for the same interest, against the same risk, must immediately inform each insurer of the other insurers.At the time of such not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-4

Persons who wish to be represented in proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property may only do so, for acts where the technical nature of the subject matter so requires, through th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Main contract

Article L313-41

When the deed referred to in article L. 313-40 indicates that the price is paid, directly or indirectly, even partially, using one or more loans governed by the provisions of sections 1 to 5 and secti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-4

The actual completion of a merger transaction may only take place after the agreement of the Autorité de la concurrence or, where it has raised the matter under the conditions provided for in Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-4

Where an insurance or reinsurance undertaking operating within the territory of the French Republic under the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment does not comply with the rules…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-42

…inance company so warrants, the Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité de contrôle prude…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Public buy-out offers and squeeze-out

Article L433-4

I. - The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions applicable to the offer and squeeze-out procedures in the following cases:1° When the majority shareholder(s) of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-47

I.-The liability management vehicle referred to in Article L. 311-41 shall be terminated by decision of the Resolution College if one of the following conditions is met: 1° The liability management ve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-4

The I of Article L. 442-5 is amended as follows:1° The last sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising may be ordered by the examining magis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services and property made available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-44

The transfer of competencies to the territorial collectivity of Corsica automatically entails the transfer to the territorial collectivity of Corsica of movable and immovable property used by the Stat…

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