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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-1

…s Title, with the exception of Articles L. 172-5, L. 172-11, L. 172-17, L. 172-26, L. 173-7, L. 173-13 (4°) and L. 173-21 (2°).

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2395-2

…ommercial Code, subject to the cases of automatic termination provided for in III of article L. 622-13 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-4

…228-3-2 is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code. Professional secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial author…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-17

…xed fine set by law, which may not exceed the amount provided for in the first paragraph of Article 131-13 of the Penal Code, under the conditions set out in this section.However, the fixed fine proce…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-55

…same company or several companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 may not exceed 0.5% of the basis of spread defined in the first paragraph of article R. 332-3. Po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-19

…g from the simplified accounting obligations provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 526-13 is set by decree.The declaration formality mentioned in article L. 526-7 is free of charge when t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-8

…ed in the article L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of the articles L. 3253-8 to L. 3253-13 of the same code shall give rise to a declaration to the tax authorities by the liquidator.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-22

Proof of the exhibitor's right, defined in Article L. 611-13, first paragraph, second indent b, shall be provided within four months of the filing date of the patent application in the form of a certi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-1

The articles R. 712-3(2°, d), R. 712-9 to R. 712-11, R. 712-13 to R. 712-19, R. 712-23 and R. 712-23-1, R. 714-2 R. 714-4 to R. 714-8 and R. 716-1 to R. 716-14 shall apply to international trademark r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the court

Article R131-5

…ff of the National Court of Asylum are taken, subject to the reservations set out in article R. 121-13 of the Code of Administrative Justice, by the Vice-President of the Council of State on the propo…

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