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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Life insurance and capitalisation.

Article L183-2

The provisions of Article L. 183-1 may not preclude the public policy provisions of French law applicable regardless of the law governing the contract.However, the court may give effect on the territo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Life insurance and capitalisation.

Article L183-1

Where the commitment is made, within the meaning of article L. 310-5, on the territory of the French Republic, the law applicable to the contract is French law, to the exclusion of any other. However,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-24

…Treaty includes the designation or election of France, such application shall be deemed to be for a European patent governed by the provisions of the Munich Convention.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Setting up.

Article L2343-1

A European Works Council shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the following cases: 1° Where the head of the Community-scale undertaking or dominant undertaking ref…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…a third country to that mentioned in Article L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 260 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the Eur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-7

…ed in accordance with the principles set out in Article R. 356-16 in the case of an insurance group company or a mixed financial holding company; b) A Solvency Capital Requirement determined in accord…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-22

…e L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003, as amended, on smoke flavourings used or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-28

…rum, milk products and colostrum-based products" of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, as amended, laying down specific hygiene ru…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: OBLIGATION TO LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R251-3

The submission, investigation and adjudication of the appeals referred to in Article L. 251-7 are governed by the rules set out in Article R. 614-1.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: OBLIGATION TO LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R251-1

The administrative authority referred to in articles L. 251-1, L. 251-3 and L. 251-4 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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