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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L455-2

…considérés, au regard de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25, ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-12

Where there is evidence to cast doubt on the conformity of the product to the requirements in force relating to consumer health and safety or to the general safety obligation defined in article L. 421…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Seizure

Article R211-1

…re by a bailiff's deed served on the third party. Under penalty of nullity, this deed shall contain 1° An indication of the name and domicile of the debtor or, in the case of a legal entity, its name…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secret remedies.

Article R5125-57

…een omitted from one of the components of its packaging, shall be considered to be a secret remedy: 1° For the preparations mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 5121-1, the name and address of the phar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-42

The mutual insurance companies defined in Article L. 322-26-1 and the companies referred to in Article L. 322-26-4 shall operate under the conditions set out in this Section subject to the specific pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-3

…territory of the French Republic, the information centre shall provide the information specified in 1° to 5° of article L. 451-1 to the insurance companies of the injured parties, to the guarantee fun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-1

For the application of the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 83-1, where the investigation has been opened in a court where there is no investigating division, the examining magistrate who…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-1

…following information, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat:1° The name and address of the insurance company covering the civil liability referred to in article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-17

…insurers referred to in article R. 332-3-3 is constituted by pledging the securities referred to in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 2° quater, 3°, 4°, 8° and 9° bis of article R. 332-2. These securities are d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

…are applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds.For the application of these provisions :1° The following should be understood: "supplementary occupational pension funds" where "insurance o…

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