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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals employed under fixed-term employment contracts

Article L421-3

A foreign national who works as an employee under a fixed-term employment contract or who is seconded in accordance with articles L. 1262-1, L. 1262-2 and L. 1262-2-1 of the Labour Code will be issued…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-19

This article applies to undertakings for collective investment created in accordance with Article L. 160-10 of this Code, the units or shares of which constitute a unit of account in a life insurance…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-2

In the cases provided for by articles 1831-1 to 1831-5 of the Civil Code relating to property development contracts, as well as by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The obligation to insure - The Central Tariff Office.

Article L212-3

Any insurance undertaking covering the risk of third party liability arising from the use of land motor vehicles which continues to refuse to cover the risk for which the premium has been set by the C…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-7

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the technical rules and conditions of application of this chapter, in particular the terms and conditions under which the information provided for in Art…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L341-1

…he second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with pre-contractual information under the conditions set out in article L. 312-12 or, for account overdraft transactio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-4

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L651-2

For the application of the provisions of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The provisions of Articles L. 611-2 and L. 612-4 do not a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: House arrest where removal is deferred

Article L731-5

The administrative authority may, as a probationary and exceptional measure, place under house arrest a foreign national who is the subject of an expulsion decision issued pursuant to article L. 631-2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-5

An application for the repeal of an expulsion decision made more than two months after notification of the decision may only be granted if the foreign national resides outside France. This condition d…

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