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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-11

…judice to the insurer's right to claim compensation proportionate to the damage caused by the delay;3° Any clauses forfeiting the right of the insured party to claim compensation in the event of failu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracting authorities

Article L1211-1

…visory body is composed of members, more than half of whom are appointed by a contracting authority;3° Bodies governed by private law with legal personality set up by contracting authorities with a vi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-4

In companies other than sociétés anonymes, the reports provided for in article L. 232-3 are drawn up by the managers, who send them to the statutory auditor, the works council and, where applicable, t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative procedure

Article R615-4

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 615-3, where it appears that a foreign national holding a residence permit issued by the French authorities is the subject of an enforceable expulsion…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 848

…ions; 2° L'action ouverte sur le fondement des articles L. 1134-6 to L. 1134-10 of the Labour Code; 3° The action brought on the basis of

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pricing and approval.

Article L5123-6

…organisations of any kind whose resources come in whole or in part from public authority subsidies; 3° Supplied free of charge to beneficiaries of article L. 115 of the Code des pensions militaires d'…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-15

The Minister for Defence is consulted prior to any dissolution, as provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-9, of a health cooperation grouping in which an army hospital or other element of the army heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-2

…° The analytical phase, which is the technical process used to obtain a biological analysis result; 3° The post-analytical phase, which includes validation, contextual interpretation of the result and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-4

The prospectuses and documents informing the public of the issue of shares shall reproduce the information in the notice provided for in article R. 22-10-3 and shall contain a mention of the publicati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c) Issuing copies to third parties

Article R169

…2° Copies of decisions handed down by juvenile courts do not mention the identity of the assessors; 3° Copies of decisions handed down by the enforcement divisions of the courts of appeal composed in…

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