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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L355-4

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall put in place appropriate structures and systems to meet the requirements set out in Articles L. 355-1, L. 355-2 and L. 355-3. Pursuant to the provisions of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-3

In the event of a road traffic accident involving a vehicle normally based in the territory of the French Republic, the information centre shall provide the information specified in 1° to 5° of articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-9

It is forbidden: 1° To issue, in breach of the provisions laid down in articles L. 433-3 to L. 433-7, a title, certificate or any other document attesting that a product or service has certain charact…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Content of protection

Article L582-5

A foreign national who has obtained stateless status and has been issued with the temporary residence permit referred to in article L. 424-18 or the resident permit referred to in article L. 424-21 ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Offences common to the various forms of joint stock company

Article L246-2

The provisions of articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-29, L. 243-1 and L. 244-5, relating to the chairman, directors or managing directors of sociétés anonymes or sociétés européennes and the managers of soci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article L694-2

Under Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, persons entered on the list of judicial administrators or judicial representatives pursuant to Articles L. 811-2 and L. 812-2 or an insolvency pract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-7

In addition to the judicial police officers and labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1, the offences defined in articles L. 4744-1 to L. 4744-5 are recorded by the persons provided…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Provisions applicable to certain uses of works of visual art in the context of research and higher education activities

Article L139-1

Under the conditions provided for in articles L. 324-8-1 to L. 324-8-6, the contract by which an approved collective management organisation authorises the reproduction and representation of the works…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L423-2

Decrees in the Council of State shall lay down the conditions for the application of this Title. They shall specify in particular: a) The conditions for application of Chapter I; b) The conditions for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-15

Where a dismissal is made in disregard of the provisions relating to the reinstatement of the employee, as provided for inarticle L. 1226-8, the court hearing the case may propose that the employee be…

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