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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Payment of compensation.

Article L172-31

Actions arising from the insurance contract are time-barred after two years.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-31

The collège de résolution shall carry out the automatic transfer provided for in 4° of I of Article L. 311-30 under the conditions set out in the first, second and third paragraphs of I of Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-31

…oss-border merger is the operation whereby one or more sociétés par actions or sociétés à responsabilité limitée having their registered office in France merge with one or more companies falling withi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-31

The organiser of the sale shall ensure that the expert whose assistance he enlists complies with the obligations and prohibitions respectively set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-30 and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-31

For the application of the provisions set out in 1° of Article L. 6322-63, the minimum period of presence in the freelance administration company of freelance administration employees is assessed by a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-31

Civil actions and claims relating to new plant varieties, including when they also concern a related issue of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before judicial courts, determined by reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article L4424-31

The territorial collectivity of Corsica determines and implements, within the framework of the sustainable planning and development plan, the guidelines for the development of tourism on the island. I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Advertising order contract

Article L132-31

In the case of a commissioned work used for advertising, the contract between the producer and the author entails, unless there is a clause to the contrary, the transfer to the producer of the rights…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-31

Subject to the rights of creditors, the liquidator decides whether to distribute any funds that become available during the liquidation. After unsuccessful formal notice from the liquidator, any inter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-31

The mayor shall order the owners of ponds or ditches with stagnant water established in the vicinity of dwellings to carry out the work or take the necessary measures to put an end to all causes of in…

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