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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-53

The liquidator appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in application of articles L. 326-1 and L. 326-2, or by the competent authorities of the home state of an insurance und…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

A delegated production company wishing to receive assistance from the compensation fund in the event of an incident during filming must have joined the fund prior to the incident and any request for a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition and operation of the artistic committee

Article R2172-18

…mittee; 2° The project manager; 3° The regional director of cultural affairs or his representative; 4° A representative of the users of the building; 5° Three people qualified in the field of the plas…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the estimated value of the concession contract

Article R3121-2

…any other public authority or any financial advantage granted by any of them to the concessionaire;4° The value of subsidies or any other financial advantage granted by third parties for the operatio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Non-substantial changes

Article R3135-7

…n the initial concession contract; 3° It considerably extends the scope of the concession contract; 4° It has the effect of replacing the concessionaire to whom the concession authority initially awar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies

Article L236-3

…and in the disappearing company or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of that company;4° Or by the shareholders of the merging companies in the same proportions in all the merging compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Commercial distribution networks

Article L341-2

…ion of the substantial, specific and secret know-how transmitted under the contract mentioned in I; 4° Their duration does not exceed one year after the expiry or termination of one of the contracts m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-5

…or the terms and conditions for determining it; 3° The invoicing and payment terms and conditions; 4° The respective responsibilities of the parties and the guarantees, such as, where applicable, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-7

A buyer of agricultural products or foodstuffs who allows his supplier to charge an unfairly low transfer price incurs liability and is obliged to compensate the damage caused. To characterise an unfa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-12

…the case of a natural person, his annual income, in the case of a legal person his total turnover ; 4° Of the size of either the gains or advantages obtained, or the losses or costs avoided by the per…

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