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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-2

…where applicable at the request of the president of one of the observatories mentioned in Article L. 910-1 A, issue them with an injunction to do so within a short period of time subject to a fine.I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-2

…ement bodies governed by Title II of Book III or professional defence bodies referred to in article L. 331-1, any measures likely to prevent or stop such an infringement of a copyright or related righ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-24

…benefit from the credit. The provision of funds beyond the seven-day period referred to in article L. 312-25 constitutes approval of the borrower by the lender.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Information mentioned in the contract

Article L312-29

…required by the lender in order to obtain the finance, the information sheet referred to in article L. 312-12 and the credit agreement offer that the borrower may take out equivalent insurance with th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article L351-2

…red undertakings. The value of prudential technical provisions, assessed in accordance with Article L. 351-1, corresponds to the current amount that undertakings would have to pay if they immediately…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Liability

Article L2216-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 2216-1, communes are civilly liable for damage resulting from the exercise of municipal policing powers, regardless of the status of the officers invo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-26

…greenhouse gas emissions, fonds de concours may be paid between a syndicate referred to in article L. 5212-24 and the member municipalities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, f…

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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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