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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12-2

Notwithstanding article L. 113-12, where the purpose of the insurance contract is to guarantee, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks defined in the contract, either the total or partial…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…tial to the filming of the work, as designated in the insurance contract, are affected by the covid-19 virus;b) The stoppage of all or part of the production team due to cases of the covid-19 virus in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 71-111-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-93

…who has been struck off or withdrawn from the list pursuant to Article L. 811-6, of article L. 811-12, article L. 812-4 or article L. 812-9 loses his status as a partner and ceases to carry on his pr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of specialised committees for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-18

…identical to the term of office of the governing bodies of the federations mentioned in article A. 212-175-15.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-98

Subject to the limits and conditions defined in the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the limits defined in articles R. 214-96 and R. 214-97 do not apply to units or shares of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Liquidation procedures other than safeguard and legal redress

Article A743-15

…y the commercial court clerk in the context of a judicial liquidation procedure listed under number 143 of the table referred to in Article A. 743-8 gives rise to the collection of a principal fee, wh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 992

…eparate post, to the Minister responsible for the Sea, who forwards them in accordance with article 983.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-14

…al regulations, the provisions of articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status

Article R5211-12

…cipal cooperation adopts the distribution of the sums pooled and paid back to the municipalities by 15 October of the year of distribution at the latest. It notifies its member municipalities of the d…

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