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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-9

…he insurance undertaking covered by Article L. 134-1 are those mentioned in 1°, 4°, 7°, 9°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 343-3. They are entered in the appropriation balance sheet provided for in b of ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Deductibles, exclusions from cover, forfeiture and recourse by the insurer.

Article R211-12

Where an insurance contract includes one of the exclusions of cover provided for in article R. 211-11, it must state that if the limitations of use which justify this exclusion are not complied with,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L926-4

For the application of Article L. 611-7, L. 626-6, L. 643-3 and L. 643-11, the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code are the local supplementary or additional retirement or prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Renewal.

Article R145-1

…or who has not made known the amount of rent he is proposing under the conditions of article L. 145-11 may request a change in the lease price at a later date, by bailiff's deed, by registered letter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-4

…tasks entrusted to them and shall be bound by professional secrecy under the conditions of Article 11. They may not receive or seek instructions other than those from judicial police officers and, wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Model agency licence.

Article L7123-13

…erson carrying out the activity of modelling agency under the conditions set out in Article L. 7123-11.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7c: Authorisations for use issued by the Minister for Defence

Article R5121-76-12

…cament et des produits de santé or on expiry of the period provided for in II of Article R. 5121-76-11, the Minister for Defence may grant the authorisation for use provided for in Article R. 5121-76-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application to certain establishments with an in-house pharmacy.

Article R5132-42

…g sections 1 to 3 of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles L. 5126-1 and L. 5126-11 shall be laid down, where appropriate, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-8

Applications made pursuant to Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-40

When it intends to oppose one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 4°, 7°, 10° and 11° of Article 728-32 or in 1° of Article 728-33, the public prosecutor shall inform the competent author…

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