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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions for overseas territories.

Article R421-60

…owever, the following are not covered a) Damage caused by land motor vehicles for which road insurance is not compulsory under the regulations of these territories; b) Damage caused by an identified p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

Article L695-2

I.-The judicial representative shall inform the official receiver of requests for cooperation and communication sent by the insolvency practitioner appointed in proceedings opened by the court of anot…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-37

If the object of the ex officio licence is the exploitation of an invention covered by a patent application, the disclosure and free exploitation of which are prohibited by application of articles L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-46

The requisition addressed to the Minister for Agriculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subj…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article D223-9

…g that referred to in article L. 223-5, is authorised on the one hand only from Monday to Friday, except when these days are public holidays pursuant to article L. 3133-1 of the Labour Code, and on th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-33

…t made pursuant to Article R. 742-31 in the margin of the copy of the summons published at the service responsible for land registration, the liquidator shall draw up a schedule of conditions of sale…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Transfers of public and ministerial offices

Article 724

…Treaties or agreements having as their object the transfer for valuable consideration of an office are subject to a registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI : Waiver of payment and rebate in the event of death as a result of an act of terrorism, participation in an external or internal security operation or in circumstances leading to a citation in the Order of the Nation

Article 1691 ter

…e article of roll remaining due on the date of death or due, in respect of the taxation of income received or realised by the deceased. This discharge cannot cover taxes due on income relating to year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Overall operating grant

Article L2573-52

I. - Articles L. 2334-1 and L. 2334-2, article L. 2334-7, with the exception of the second paragraph of 3°, the last paragraph of 4° and 5° of I, Articles L. 2334-8 and L. 2334-10 à L. 2334-12, the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions.

Article L6325-4-1

…he assignment of the holder between the two companies during the course of the contract, in accordance with a predefined timetable ; 2° The designation of the employer required to pay the remuneration…

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