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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L1143-6

The court hearing the action referred to in article L. 1143-2 may, with the agreement of the parties, instruct a mediator, under the conditions set out in section 1 of chapter I of title II of law no.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article L124-4

In the case provided for in article L. 25-1 of the Highway Code, as stated in that article, "the insurer of the owner of the vehicle is obliged to guarantee, within the limits of the contract, compens…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-11

The following are null and void1° All general clauses forfeiting the right of the insured to claim in the event of a breach of laws or regulations, unless such breach constitutes a crime or an intenti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-12

The main purpose of the central insurance companies created by law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973 relating to the implementation of employee shareholding in national banks and national insurance companies…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L431-3

If the eviction relates to a place inhabited by the person being evicted or by any occupant on his or her behalf, the court commissioner responsible for the eviction will send a copy of the eviction n…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article L161-3

The sums due in execution of a court decision, an agreement or a deed mentioned in 2° to 5° of I of article 373-2-2 of the Civil Code that is enforceable by virtue of maintenance payments, contributio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 159 quinquies

I. The distribution by sociétés immobilières d'investissement governed by I of Article 33 of Law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 to their shareholders and by sociétés immobilières de gestion governed by A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals in the interest of the law

Article 621

Where a court of appeal, assize court, criminal court or police court has handed down a final judgment or ruling which is subject to cassation and against which none of the parties has nevertheless lo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590-1

An applicant for judicial review who has not constituted a lawyer and has not lodged his statement of case within the time limit provided for in Article 584 shall forfeit his appeal. The same applies,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

The information obtained may be used for purposes other than those for which it was communicated only with the agreement of the Member State which transmitted it. However, even in the absence of agree…

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