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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53

…on to oppose his appointment, and if the Board is unable to replace him with one of its members, it may appoint, subject to the provisions of IV of Article R. 322-55-2, an additional director to act a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5

For the application of 1° of I of Article L. 561-5, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall identify their customers as follows: 1° Where the customer is a natural person, by collecting the cu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-5

…ving the same purpose;2° References to the provisions of the General Tax Code, the Book of Tax Procedures, the Customs Code and those relating to tax and customs administration are replaced by referen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-52

Each batch of medicinal products or products benefiting from the authorisations or registration provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 5124-49 is subject, in France, to control of the fini…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-5

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action shall be entitled to have carried out at any place and by any bailiffs, where appropria…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-5

…in a single hand does not result in the automatic dissolution of the company. Any interested party may request such dissolution if the situation has not been regularised within one year. The court ma…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 quinquies

…rs on them the status of occasional collaborators in the public service. The contract specifies the duration of the assignment, which may not exceed ninety days per year. The administration may order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article L4002-5

…and incur the same civil, disciplinary and criminal liability as professionals covered, as the case may be, by the provisions relating to establishment or those relating to the freedom to provide serv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R711-50

Regional chambers of commerce and industry may appoint associate members, who have an advisory vote and whose number may not exceed half that of the elected members. Associate members are appointed by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-5

…must refrain from any act that would prevent the proper performance of the obligation; the creditor may perform any conservatory act and attack the debtor's acts performed in fraud of his rights.What…

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