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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Non-compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L181-4

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 181-1 to L. 181-3 and for the rest, the general rules of private international law relating to contractual obligations are applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Emergency medical aid.

Article L6311-4

Article L. 6314-2 is applicable to self-employed doctors providing call regulation for the healthcare access service provided for in article L. 6311-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-47

…pply at the time of their registration to be registered as a business in the trades and crafts sector. In this case, the validations and checks provided for in articles L. 123-43 to L. 123-45 are fulf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-43

…he national register of companies are validated, for the natural persons mentioned in 3° of article L. 123-36, by the President of the regional Chamber of Trades and Crafts or, by delegation, the Pres…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-44

…tal level chamber of trades and crafts verifies that the natural persons mentioned in 3° of Article L. 123-36 and the corporate officers of the legal entities referred to in 3° of the same article are…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening a branch and exercising the freedom to provide services

Article L382-4

…tory of another Member State of the European Union shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for each provision of service involving a separate underwriter. Unless it has reaso…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-4

I.-For the application of article L. 111-4-1, the following motorised DIY and gardening tools are subject to the provisions of this article: 1° Ride-on lawnmowers, walk-behind lawnmowers or robotic la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guaranteeing employees' purchasing power.

Article L3231-4

The guarantee of employees' purchasing power provided for in 1° of article L. 3231-2 is ensured by indexing the minimum growth wage to changes in the national consumer price index established as a ref…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L731-4

…lures to comply with this chapter are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in article L. 511-6 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to the disabled.

Article L4364-4

Where it is available, the certified information referred to in article L. 4364-3 serves as supporting documents for the fulfilment of the obligations set out in article L. 4364-2.

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