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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-115

…es or rights held in bodies governed by foreign law with an equivalent purpose, regardless of their form; 4° Deposits and cash defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat ; 5° Current account advances gra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-12

The guarantee fund is also responsible for compensating victims when the accident caused by a vehicle referred to in article L. 421-11 occurs during a journey directly linking two territories where th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-11

The guarantee fund is responsible for compensating the victims of accidents caused by vehicles whose use requires compulsory third party liability insurance and which are normally based in mainland Fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions for hunting accidents occurring in mainland France.

Article L421-8

The guarantee fund set up by article L. 421-1 is responsible for compensating for personal injury caused by all acts of hunting or destruction of animals likely to cause damage in those parts of the t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-15

All insurance undertakings covering civil liability risks arising from the use of land motor vehicles in the territory of the French Republic must be members of the competent national insurance bureau…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-13

When it intervenes by virtue of Articles L. 421-11 and L. 421-12, the guarantee fund is subrogated to the rights of the compensation creditor against the person responsible for the accident.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

I.-Any person who owns a property that has suffered damage since 1st September 1998 as a result of current or past mining activity while it was occupied as their main residence shall be compensated fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-14

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this section, in particular the procedures for establishing that the conditions for the intervention of the guarante…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to travel agencies and tour operators.

Article L421-4

The rules relating to the scope and basis of assessment of the value added tax applicable to services provided by travel agents and tour operators are set out in articles 262 bis and 263 of the French…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to travel agencies and tour operators.

Article D421-4

The terms and conditions for the application of e of 1 of article 266 of the General Tax Code, cited in article L. 421-4, relating to the liability to value added tax of transactions carried out by tr…

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