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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-11

…lows: 1° When, in application of 1° of Article R. 442-8-10, the cover provided by the body referred to in Article L. 432-2 consists of a complementary insurance guarantee to a primary guarantee grante…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article L2333-87

I.-Without prejudice to the application of articles L. 2213-2 and L. 2512-14, the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or of the joint…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of simple adoption

Article 370-1-8

…currently with the other member of the couple, who retains sole exercise of that authority, subject to a joint declaration with the adopter addressed to the director of the judicial registry services…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-10

The State guarantee referred to in article R. 442-8-9 is granted in respect of cover pursuant to e of 1° of article L. 432-2 to companies authorised to carry out credit insurance operations in France…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-8

The administrative authority competent to take the homologation or validation decision mentioned in article L. 1233-57-1 is that of the place where the company or establishment concerned by the collec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-11

…red letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Failing this, notification is made by the public prosecutor in accordance with the procedures described in the third paragraph of Article R. 53-8-9. The doc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-8-1

…he application of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 621-2, the matter shall be referred to the court by means of a writ of summons for the purpose of extending the proceedings or reuniting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article D641-8-1

The amount of turnover referred to in III of Article L. 812-2 is defined in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article D. 123-200. It is assessed on the closing date of the last…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-8

…tie between two or more organisations after application of article R. 23-112-7, the seat is awarded to the professional employers' organisation with the largest number of member companies in the profe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article L1111-8-1

…l interests are at stake, the State may delegate the exercise of certain of its powers by agreement to a territorial authority or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own ta…

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