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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Import operations.

Article R442-10-3

Catastrophic risk occurs when, as a result of a cataclysmic event, such as a cyclone, flood, tidal wave, earthquake or volcanic eruption, occurring in the country of dispatch or in transit, the goods…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Import operations.

Article R442-10-4

…rantee is granted. This risk can only be guaranteed if there is no other way of hedging it under equivalent conditions.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 nonies C

…ic establishment for inter-communal cooperation, the repayment of the Fonds national de garantie individuelle des ressources communales et intercommunales provided for in 2.1 of Article 78 of Law no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1411-37

…ional Healthcare Conference is made up of ninety-seven members with voting rights. Its members are divided into five colleges as follows: 1° A college of representatives of the regions and regional he…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2286

A right of retention on the thing may be exercised by:

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2284

Whoever has obligated himself personally, is bound to fulfil his commitment on all his movable and immovable property, present and future.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2287

…n the event of the opening of proceedings for the treatment of situations of overindebtedness of individuals.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book IV: Securities

Article 2285

The property of the debtor is the common pledge of his creditors; and the price is distributed among them by contribution, unless there are legitimate causes of preference among the creditors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reducing human exposure to gamma radiation from construction materials in buildings

Article R1333-40

…oned in article R. 1333-39 are :1° Natural materials :a) Alum shales ;b) Building materials or additives of natural magmatic origin, such as :i) Granitoids, such as granite, syenite and orthogneiss ;i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to Book IV

Article L2614-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles L. 2422-5 to L. 2422-11, the State may, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, entrust the management of projects to French Guyana f…

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