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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-17-1

The insurance of transported goods has no effect when the risks have not begun within two months of the commitment of the parties or of the date fixed for taking over. This provision is only applicabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AE

I. - Filing with the agency mentioned in article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-17

The provisions of article R. 6153-19 relating to the procedure before the medical committee are applicable to junior doctors.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-17

In the event of lack of conformity, the consumer has the right to have the digital content or the digital service brought into conformity or, failing that, to have the price reduced or the contract re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in I of article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member communes for the application of the provisions relating to the busines…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-17-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 612-4, R. 612-19 and R. 612-48, a patent application may only contain more than one independent claim of the same category (product, process, device…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-3

Investigation assistants may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their department or unit of assignment or the location of their training…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-2

The duties of investigation assistant may be performed by the staff mentioned in article 21-3 who have passed an examination certifying their suitability to carry out the duties provided for in that s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-4

…nvestigation assistants shall have access to the case file for the performance of the tasks entrusted to them and shall be bound by professional secrecy under the conditions of Article 11. They may no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-5

I.-Investigation assistants shall, at the express request and under the supervision of the judicial police officer or the judicial police agent, where the latter is competent, carry out the acts and p…

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