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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 310-3

…otoriety certificate establishing possession of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter III of this Title, parentage is proved and contested by any means, subject to the admissibility of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-52

…n the event of the opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings pursuant to Titles III and IV of Book VI, the persons referred to in these provisions may be made liable for the compan…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-6

The sector referred to in III of article L. 217-24 is the sector of retail trade in household appliances in specialised shops listed under codes 47.54 and 47-54 Z of division 47 of section G of the no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-8

…conferred on the prefect of the defence zone by I of article L. 1424-36-1. The provisions of II and III of article L. 1424-36-1 are not applicable in overseas departments.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-17

The Supervisory Committee's reasoned opinion on the insurance undertaking's report provided for in III of Article L. 144-2 also includes a mention of any changes made during the past financial year to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-36

…ng boards and the side edges of the pools and the other technical provisions are specified in Annex III-11 to this code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-4

…of Title V of this Book, and determine their own funds in accordance with the provisions of Section III of Chapter I of Title V of this Book.II - Branches of undertakings referred to in 4° of Article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872-1

…ided pursuant to article 1872 (paragraphs 2 and 3), the provisions of Chapter VI of Title I of Book III of this Code shall apply to relations with third parties, or, if the formalities provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement

Article L2362-12

…provisions of the first paragraph shall be null and void. In such a case, the provisions of Chapter III of this Title relating to the involvement of employees in the absence of an agreement apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

…017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 312-2 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 312-4, with the exception of III and IV Order no. 2020-1496 of 2 December 2020 L. 312-4-1, with the exception of 6°, 8° and 9° of…

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