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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER I: DEFINITIONS - GENERAL RULES FOR CREATION, USE AND CONTROL.

Article L211-3

No person may operate a civil aerodrome receiving commercial traffic unless he has obtained an airport safety certificate for this aerodrome from the Minister responsible for civil aviation. The Minis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36-1

I. - The agreements relating to the financial obligations mentioned in article L. 211-36 may be terminated, and the debts and receivables relating thereto may be set off between all the parties. The p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-1

I.-This chapter applies to natural or legal persons who, in the course of their commercial, industrial, craft or liberal profession activity, prepare and sell or offer for sale: 1° Tourist packages; 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

I. - The provisions of this paragraph apply to 1° To financial obligations arising from transactions in financial instruments or in units mentioned in article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, spot fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-19

For each order to trade, sell or transfer a financial security registered in an account held by the issuer and admitted to trading by a central depository, or for any other change affecting the regist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Transitional provisions

Article L211-13

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply to bonds issued before 3 November 1984, amortisable by drawing numbers. Nor do they concern perpetual annuities on the State, held in registered form, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-18

In the case of delivery of financial securities against payment of cash, failure to deliver or to settle on the date and in accordance with the conditions defined in the General Regulations of the Aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

I. - The transfer of ownership of financial securities results from the registration of these securities in the purchaser's securities account or from the registration of these securities in favour of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-5-1

All insurance contracts taken out under the terms of article L. 211-1 mention the insured's option, in the event of damage covered by the contract, to choose the professional repairer he wishes to use…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-11

Where the insurer could not, through no fault of its own, have been aware that the accident had imposed disbursements on the third party payers referred to in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 19…

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