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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-16-1

Subject to the provisions of article L. 173-8, unless otherwise agreed, the insurer does not cover damage caused by the insured object to other property or persons.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-1-1

Precautionary measures or compulsory execution measures may only be implemented on property belonging to a foreign State with the prior authorisation of the judge by means of an order made on applicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-1-1

…e provided by university or non-university health establishments, regardless of their legal status, and by army hospitals.Psychiatric services are provided in the form of outpatient care, including ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-15-1

I.-The analysis programme for water samples taken from production and distribution facilities also includes a programme for parameters of health concern, defined in a watch list. The content of this p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

I. - The loans referred to in 3a of article L. 511-6 may be granted when the lending company or a member of its group, on the one hand, and the borrowing company or a member of its group, on the other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article R621-37-1-1

The notification referred to in the first paragraph of III ofArticle L. 621-13-6 shall include all the details and information relating to the measure taken pursuant to I or II of the same article, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R632-1-1-A

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers shall communicate, on their own initiative, to the competent authorities of another Member State of the Eur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Renewal of the contract.

Article L1243-13-1

…he absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application ofarticle L. 1243-13, the fixed-term employment contract may be renewed twice for a fixed term.The duration of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-1

…ion of the public interest in the abstraction of water for human consumption referred to in article L. 1321-2 is published in the departmental registry of administrative acts and is displayed in the t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

…ratia remission of the High Council's debts, except for the contribution mentioned in II of Article L. 821-5 and the contributions mentioned in I and II in Article L. 821-6-1;1° bis At the justified r…

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