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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Deductibles, exclusions and forfeitures.

Article L211-7-1

The nullity of an insurance contract taken out under article L. 211-1 is not enforceable against the victims or their dependants of the victims of damage arising from a road traffic accident involving…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 734

…ribunal imposing a sentence may, in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the articles 132-29 to 132-57 of the Penal Code, order that its execution be stayed. The court may also defer pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-1

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-7

Contracts entered into prior to 1 January 1986 between a performer and a producer of an audiovisual work or their assignees shall be subject to the foregoing provisions in respect of the modes of expl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7-1

…when they are competent for the organisation of mobility.Mixed syndicates mentioned in articles L. 5711-1 and L. 5721-2 of this code with jurisdiction over mobility may, by reasoned decision, reduce o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

…s in this notice the essential tasks that cannot be subcontracted in application of article L. 2393-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-1

…e jurisdiction of the public health establishment as defined in the second paragraph of article L. 6141-1. The director of the public health establishment whose jurisdiction is to be changed takes all…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-2

…here these acts have the material nature of an offence and meet the conditions laid down in Article 706-3 of this Code or in article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code, obtain financial assistance from th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-7

…ance and reinsurance undertakings shall use the technical information developed pursuant to Article 77e of Directive 2009/138/EC of 25 November 2009 as amended to calculate the best estimate referred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-72-1

…e scheme in respect of the valuation of activity provided for in the eighth paragraph of Article L. 162-22-6 and the second paragraph of Article L. 162-23-1 of the Social Security Code , provided that…

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