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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation costs

Article 694-50

The costs of executing European mutual assistance requests shall be borne by the executing State, except, where they may be considered exceptionally high, to be shared with the issuing State in the ev…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-18

1. Damage to property covered by the guarantee fund in application of the 2nd paragraph of article R. 421-1 is any damage resulting from an accident involving a land motor vehicle in circulation, as w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-19

Compensation for damage to property by the guarantee fund may not exceed, per claim, the sum set by order of the Minister for the Economy. When a road traffic accident is caused by an animal that has…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-20

1. When the person responsible for the damage has been identified, any victim of damage to property must, on pain of forfeiture of his rights with regard to the guarantee fund, send a declaration to t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article L821-13

The amount of the fine is paid to the Treasury by the transport company.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article L821-12

The transport company's failure to comply with its obligations is recorded in an official report drawn up by an official in a category set by decree in the Council of State.The transport company is gi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Exemption from producing the reception certificate referred to in article L. 313-2

Article R313-16

Where the stay is of a humanitarian nature or forms part of a cultural exchange, it must be planned as part of the activities of an organisation carrying out humanitarian or cultural activities. The f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption from producing all the documents mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-1

Article R313-14

…rench consular authority or by that of a State implementing this Convention and acting on behalf of France; 4° Foreign nationals holding a visa bearing the words "residence permit to be applied for on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Exemption from producing the reception certificate referred to in article L. 313-2

Article R313-15

Other than foreign nationals belonging to one of the categories referred to in article R. 313-14, foreign nationals falling within the cases defined in article L. 313-8 may be exempted from presenting…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Application for a declaration that the appeal has suspensive effect

Article R342-12

When the public prosecutor intends to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensive, he must lodge an appeal within ten hours of the order being handed down. It shall…

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