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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

Where an insurance policy has been taken out to cover the financial consequences of the civil liability of the perpetrator of an accident resulting from hunting or the destruction of vermin, the provi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D2641-2

…the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the electronic invoicing…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article D2643-2

…the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the electronic invoicing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article R214-2

…conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 214-4 for each of the full representatives of organisations of beneficiaries of the right to remuneration and phonogram users. Alternate m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article R314-2

For credit transactions intended to finance the needs of a professional activity or intended for legal persons governed by public law, the overall effective rate is an annual rate, proportional to the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article R435-2

…the case, whether to issue a temporary residence permit marked "employee", "temporary worker" or "private and family life".

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2306-1

The benefit of division must be invoked by the guarantor as soon as the first proceedings are brought against it. It can only be invoked between solvent guarantors. The insolvency of a guarantor on th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2305-1

The benefit of discussion must be invoked by the guarantor from the first proceedings brought against him. The guarantor must indicate to the creditor the debtor's assets that may be seized, which may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.

Article R143-23

…cle L. 143- 21, it shall be carried out in accordance with articles 1281- 2 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-22

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions under which competences previously exercised by a syndicate of communes included in whole or in part within the perimeter of the community or encompa…

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