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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-43

In the event of a medical examination being carried out with a view to the offer of compensation referred to in article L. 211-9, the insurer or its agent shall notify the victim, at least fifteen day…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-40

In addition to the information required by article L. 211-16, the offer of compensation must indicate the valuation of each head of loss, the claims of each third party payer and the sums due to the b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L233-4

Any shareholding of even less than 10% held by a controlled company is considered to be held indirectly by the company controlling that company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-4

The commercial court hears promissory notes bearing the signatures of both traders and non-traders at the same time. However, it is obliged to refer to the judicial court if it is requested to do so b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil action

Article L621-4

In the event that the criminal court attaches a penalty to the adjournment, it shall specify the rate of the penalty and the date from which it begins to run.The adjournment, which may only occur once…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings and rules of procedure

Article R623-4

The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to ordinary written proceedings before the judicial court. The appeal is heard in accordance with the p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Eviction Commission

Article R632-4

The notification bulletin mentioned in article R. 632-3:1° Advises the foreign national that expulsion proceedings have been initiated against him or her and states the facts giving rise to these proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Resignation and dissolution

Article L3121-4

Any member of a departmental council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative cour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Resignation and dissolution.

Article L4132-4

In the event of the dissolution of the Regional Council, the resignation of all its serving members or the definitive annulment of the election of all its members, the President is responsible for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4

Laws and regulations concerning the administrative control of communes are applicable to public establishments of inter-communal cooperation.

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