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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-4

…must include cover for civil liability extending to all the territories of the Member States of the European Community as well as to the territories of any third country for which the national bureaux…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgments

Article D123-2

…anish may submit the deed, agreement or judgment in its original version. This submission must be accompanied by a translation of the document in question or, failing this, a summary in French.The tra…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 211-7

…ilm studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they are made as part of an international co-production eligible under an in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-12

Without prejudice to Article 53 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-13

Where agricultural commodity derivatives which are based on the same underlying and which have the same characteristics are traded in significant volumes on trading platforms or where critical or sign…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-13

…a party who has had access to this file solely for the exercise of the rights of defence before the competent court, in a case which is directly related to the case for which access has been granted a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-3

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a company must meet the following conditions: 1° The majority of the company's voting rights are held by statutory auditors or firms of statutory au…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-19

…torial collectivity decides to subject air service routes to public service obligations, it may, in compliance with the applicable advertising procedures, designate airlines holding an air carrier ope…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article R562-3

…formation provided to the Minister responsible for the Economy pursuant to Article L. 562-4 and the European regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-4

…ferred to in Article L. 5311-1, and subject to the specific provisions laid down by this Code or by European regulations, the inspectors of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produi…

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