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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

…ng to the president of the commercial court where a conciliation procedure as referred to inarticle L. 611-4 of the Commercial Code has been set up, who makes the request with the insured's agreement;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-2

…that they entail, as well as the other possible solutions and the foreseeable consequences of refusal. He/she is also informed of the possibility of receiving, when his/her state of health so permits,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-2

…stered office to another Member State of the European Community. It shall draw up a transfer proposal. This draft is filed with the registry of the court in whose jurisdiction the company is registere…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-2

…t institution, a financial institution or a third-party financing company mentioned in 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code may finance renovation work by means of an advance trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventive examinations during and after pregnancy.

Article L2122-2

…is booklet, which must include the results of the examinations prescribed in application of article L. 2122-1 and in which all important observations concerning the progress of the pregnancy and the h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-28

…taking under the conditions set out in article 2284 of the Civil Code, without prejudice to article L. 526-1 of this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L620-2

…applicable to any person exercising a commercial, craft or agricultural activity defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and, to any other natural person exercising an indepe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-2

…icable to any person carrying on a commercial, craft or agricultural activity as defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and to any other natural person exercising an indepen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article L721-2

…dmissibility of the application by verifying that the debtor is in the situation defined in article L. 711-1, notify the applicant of the decision that the case is inadmissible or notify the applicant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L7161-2

…entation of the policy for the development of the Guianese forest.By way of derogation from Article L. 3211-5 of the French General Code on the Ownership of Public Property, these agreements set out t…

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