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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article L160-5

Notwithstanding any contractual provisions to the contrary, life insurance companies may, under the conditions and in accordance with a scale laid down by order of the Minister for the Economy and Fin…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-5

…certificate of registration issued by the registrar of immovable property or of a writ of execution may, in the event of non-payment on the due date, pursue the seizure of his debtor's registered immo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R2343-5

Where the purchaser requires candidates to be authorised, it may grant candidates who are not authorised at the time they submit their application an additional period in which to obtain this authoris…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article L612-5

Where a public mediator is competent to mediate a consumer dispute, that dispute may not give rise to other conventional mediation procedures, within the meaning of this Title, subject to the existenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-52

…orcement. However, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal, ruling in summary proceedings, may suspend the execution of the decision or of some of its effects, where it is likely to entail ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-54

…the Court of Appeal and its first president are public. However, the court and its first president may decide that the proceedings will not be public if the professional concerned expressly so reques…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional suspension.

Article R811-56

…ings without compulsory representation. The President of the National Council or his representative may be heard, if he so requests, by the Court of Appeal. The decision of the Court of Appeal is noti…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-5

Candidates who hold certain French or foreign diplomas or qualifications may be exempted from one or more of the professional tests or units that make up the pharmacy technician vocational diploma (br…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-5

The conditions under which emergency contraception not subject to compulsory prescription may be administered to day and boarding pupils in secondary education establishments, in application of the pr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

…g on the merits until it has been informed of the decision of the Cour de cassation or, as the case may be, of the Constitutional Council.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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