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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-51

…assurance and three representatives of the State, one appointed by the Minister for the Economy and Finance, another by the Secretary of State for the Budget and the third by the Minister for Town Pla…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-1

…ies or following instructions received is, from the moment of creation, transferred by operation of law to the State. For the commercial exploitation of the work referred to in the first paragraph, th…

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

Article L112-4

…over;- the amount of cover;- the insurance premium or contribution.The policy also indicates :- the law applicable to the contract where this is not French law ;- the address of the insurer's head off…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Preliminary book: MIXED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Article L2000-1

…intended to satisfy objectively separable needs which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law on contracts set out in Book I of this Part and its Book II relating to partnership contracts an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3411-1

Where use is made of the prerogatives provided for by law to recognise the existence of exceptional circumstances or to implement temporary measures to deal with such circumstances, and where these ci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-31

…7/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company law and governed by the law of one or more other Member States of the European Union under the condi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 septies

…set out in Articles 72 and 73 of Annex III to this code, taken in application of Article 52 of the law of 28 February 1934, are subject to value added tax at the rate of 2.1% in the departments of ma…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-48

…access provided for by Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Article 49 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 is exercised at the town hall of the place of accommodation or, in P…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-32

…object provided for by Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Article 56 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 does not apply to the processing mentioned in Article R. 142-26.The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issuance and management of electronic money

Article L753-11

…nd column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 315-1 to L. 315-5 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 315-6 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 315-7 and L. 3…

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