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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-4

…the European Community individually guarantee the settlement of claims occurring in their territory and caused by the use of vehicles normally based in that third country. When this guarantee is calle…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article R133-40

…ication, the prefect may decide to downgrade the classification, following an adversarial procedure and an injunction to comply.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article R133-41

…ism, including the creation of tourist offices, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 5214-16 and L. 5216-5 of the General Local Authorities Code. The decision of the governing body of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-4

…be divided within the prescribed period; divisional applications shall benefit from the filing date and, where applicable, the priority date of the initial application.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-4

An order of the mayor assigns in perpetuity, in the cemetery, a fitted ossuary where the exhumed remains are immediately reburied. The mayor may also arrange for the cremation of the exhumed remains i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R512-4

…o produce to authorised agents the movement documents, consignment notes, receipts, bills of lading and declarations in their possession.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consent

Article R1231-4

…hment in which the donation is planned, who specifies that the donor has been informed of the risks and consequences of the donation, the donor must send the public prosecutor by any means a signed do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Supervision of spa establishments.

Article R1322-48

The regulations provided for in article R. 1322-47 are posted inside the establishment and are binding on the people attending it and the staff employed there.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Supervision of spa establishments.

Article R1322-46

…season is the same as that for which tourist tax is levied in the resort. However, at the beginning and end of the season, the Prefect may, by decree, authorise the partial opening of establishments.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Supervision of spa establishments.

Article R1322-45

The medical inspectors of public health and the inspectors of the regional health agency with the status of medical doctor exercise supervision over all the parts of the establishment assigned to the…

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