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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-5

Subject to Article L. 132-6, the insurance policy may be in named person, to order or in bearer form. However, this article only applies to life insurance contracts under the conditions set out in art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-5

In the event of a conflict of interest between the insurer and the insured or of disagreement as to the settlement of the dispute, the legal expenses insurer shall inform the insured of the right refe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Housing information and assistance committee

Article L2315-55

A decree shall determine: 1° The maximum number of members of the Employee Housing Information and Assistance Committee; 2° The conditions under which the advisors appointed to the committee are, wher…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-9

The member of athlete support personnel or any other person who assists a person in violating the prohibition provided for in articles L. 232-23 and L. 232-23-4 and persons who have committed a breach…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation body

Article L424-5

…nt or the insurance company which provides its guarantee or the guarantee fund provided for in article L. 421-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-5

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask a hospital involved in a restructuring operation to cut jobs and revise its multiannual contract of objectives and resources. The Director Ge…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

Any person carrying out the activities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 422-1 to 26 November 1990 may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 422-4, represent the persons mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-5

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guyana are, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 7…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-5

A marriage declared null and void by a decision of a French court or a foreign court whose authority is recognised in France does not render null and void the declaration provided for in article 21-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-5

No foodstuff for everyday consumption intended for the final consumer distributed in the collectivities mentioned in Article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint…

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