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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4

…centres are health facilities in which midwives, under the conditions set out in articles L. 4151-1 and L. 4151-4 relating to the practice of their profession, give birth to women whose pregnancies th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to Wallis and Futuna

Article L423-1

The provisions of articles L. 231-5 and L. 333-9 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-2

…rer may not claim the portion of the premium corresponding to the time between the date of the loss and the date on which the crops should normally have been removed, or the date of the end of the cov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-1

…four days of the occurrence of the loss, except in the case of fortuitous events or force majeure, and unless the contract provides otherwise.In the case of livestock mortality insurance, this time l…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-3

After the sale of either the property or the products, the cancellation of the contract by the insurer to the purchaser does not take effect until the expiry of the current year of insurance. However,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-4

…le L. 113-3, it shall resume at the latest on the tenth day at noon, from the day on which the outstanding premium and, where applicable, the costs, have been paid to the insurer. The insurer may excl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-3

…sioned.The payment service provider shall ensure that its agents comply at all times with the legal and regulatory provisions applicable to them and shall subject them to its internal control system p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-4

…hen a payment service provider, other than a credit institution, with its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin, wishes t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-6

…referred to in the first paragraph is included in the scope of the internal control system of the mandating credit institution.If the credit institution does not maintain a separate cash office for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-1

…imits of their authorisation. Agents may promote the services provided by payment service providers and be authorised to canvass customers on their behalf under the conditions laid down in Chapter I o…

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