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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4

Mutual insurance companies, tontines and agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds governed by article L771-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are special forms of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-26

…s of these commissions, the appeals and the reports of the investigating departments. The committee can only validly deliberate if at least five members are present.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L341-26-1

A failure by the lender to comply with one of the obligations set out in the last paragraph of article L. 313-8 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26-1

Where Sunday rest has been cancelled on the day of a national or local election, the employer shall take all necessary measures to enable employees to exercise their right to vote in person.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-26

…of the documents provided for in section IV of this chapter, or of a valid international insurance card, or of a document proving that frontier insurance has been taken out, or of the certificate pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Land

Article L4424-26-4

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-26

The notification referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article L. 22-10-40 shall be made by the agent to the company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic means of comm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Joint police and gendarmerie services

Article R15-26-1

…within which the officers and agents of the judicial police of the national police and gendarmerie carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the whole of the national territory f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-26

…e Ministers for the Environment and Forestry defines the elements that must be included in the application for recognition of technical aptitude for the duties of private security guard, the content a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-26

In application of Article 706-53-8, the file manager sends daily notices to the Ministry of the Interior of new entries, changes of address relating to an entry or failure to provide proof of address.…

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