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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section X: Special provisions applicable to mining-related property damage

Article R421-73

…hin six months of the date on which the damage occurred.However, for losses that occurred between 1 September 1998 and 23 April 2004, the six-month period only runs from the latter date.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D784-13

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 614-1n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 614-2No. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 614-3no. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work equipment that is new or considered new

Article R4312-1-1

…ractors and their separate technical units, systems or components are subject to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on type-approval and marke…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-20

…replaced by the words: "the social security fund mentioned in article 3 of order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977, as amended, extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affairs to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-19

…cally after affixing an electronic signature in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures.The decision to refuse, suspend or withdraw an auth…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-3

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2573-37

…7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from the renewal of the municipal councils in 2008 and subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article LO6413-1

…the specific organisation of the local authority. This article shall enter into force on 1 January 2008. As from this date, the laws and regulations already in force in matters not excluded from the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-11

…s and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down by articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16 and R. 531-28.However, if necessary and notwithstanding article R. 531-15, the personal interview…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-11

…n to the merger by the representatives of the bondholders' group, as provided for in article L. 236-16, shall be lodged within the same period.In all cases, the opposition shall be brought before the…

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