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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-10

…tion referred to in the first paragraph. A decree issued by the Minister responsible for insurance sets out the content and format of this information document.Where the policyholder has exercised the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-14

…itled to a full refund of payments made, but not to additional compensation. III.-The organiser or retailer may cancel the contract and refund the passenger in full of payments made, but is not liable…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-14

…antee provided for in I and its level are established by one or more specific agreements concluded between, on the one hand, the professional organisations representing performers and the collective m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-18

…ncil of the Ordre des pharmaciens. The latter shall take a decision within two months of the referral. If no decision is taken within this period, the matter is referred to the national council, which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

…n of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity, and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 76…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16

…ded to control their application and sanction their non-respect by the participants in sporting competitions; 2° Regulations relating to the organisation of any event open to their members; 3° Regulat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…e applicable, with the French standards supplementing those standards adopted under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of this article. In the absence of an international auditing standard…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER VII: AERODROME ENVIRONMENT.

Article L227-1

…may only deliberate if at least five of its members are present. If it is unable to deliberate, a meeting must be held within a maximum of one month. Decisions are taken by a majority of the members p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-11

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-13

…ng unanswered for more than one month. Before the expiry of this period, the official receiver may set the administrator a shorter period or grant him an extension, which may not exceed two months, to…

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