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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…vehicle without insurance covering civil liability in accordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of this Code are reproduced below: "Art. L. 324-2-I.-The act, including negligence, of putting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 D

…s for agricultural use;1° bis Rentals of buildings resulting from a lease conferring a right in rem;2° Rentals of undeveloped land and bare premises, with the exception of parking spaces for vehicles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L656-2

…administrative centre of the department are replaced by references to the court of first instance; 2° The references to the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norw…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-2

…iven project in contact with an intermediary in participative financing mentioned in Article L. 548-2 or a provider of participative financing services as part of its activities to facilitate the gran…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Special allocation relating to the conditions of exercise of local mandates.

Article R2335-2

I.-Overseas communes benefit from the two parts of the special allocation mentioned in article L. 2335-1 under the following conditions: 1° Pour les communes de Guadeloupe, de Guyane, de Martinique, d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…ment, the parent may be represented by a special and authenticated proxy.However, where article 311-21, the second paragraph of this article, article 342-12 or article 357 has already been applied in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-269

In the event of dissolution, the corporate assets are distributed among the shareholders only after the capital shares have been fully amortised. The portion representing the labour shares, in accorda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities engaged in economic activity

Article L612-2

Non-trading private-law legal entities with an economic activity whose number of employees, pre-tax turnover or resources exceed a threshold defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, are required to dr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Board of Directors and Director.

Article L5322-2

…5311-1, fall within the competence of the Agency by virtue of the provisions of this Code, of Law No. 92-654 of 13 July 1992 relating to the control of the use and release of genetically modified or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

…e L. 5311-1 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Article L. 5312-3 is applicable there in the version resulting fromOrd…

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