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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-4

As stated in article L. 752-13 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, persons subject to the compulsory insurance scheme for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupation…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-4

…emises are returned to the owner in the state in which they are, without the owner being able to demand that the premises be returned to their previous state. If the renewal of the lease is refused, t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2396-4

Holders and, under conditions set by regulation, companies related to them and their sub-contractors, are obliged to allow and facilitate any documentary or on-site verification of the accuracy of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-4

The public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors, the conduct of public action policy for the application of Article 705.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-4

…employees may not be employed on the first day of Christmas, Easter or Pentecost.On other Sundays and public holidays, they may not work for more than five hours.By means of legally binding statutes…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article R311-4

…ticle L. 311-5, the persons referred to in that same I who are subject to the obligation to draw up and keep up to date a preventive recovery plan may ask the supervisory board to be exempted from thi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Opening of a branch and exercise of the freedom to provide services

Article R382-4

…Any supplementary occupational pension fund holding the authorisation referred to in Article L. 382-1 and planning to provide IORP services in the territory of another Member State of the European U…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-4

The judge may not order the Autorité de la concurrence, the minister responsible for the economy, any competition authority of another Member State or the European Commission to produce a document in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article L670-4

…account the debtor's ability to contribute, determined with regard to his incompressible resources and expenses. The court shall reduce the amount of the contribution if the contributor's resources d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

Article L731-4

…the commercial courts are applicable to the commercial chamber, with the exception of articles L. 721-1, L. 721-2, L. 722-3, and L. 722-11 to L. 722-13. However, notwithstanding the provisions of Art…

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