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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-26

…development activities. This report may be included in the management report referred to in article L. 232-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article L615-2

…de la médiation de la consommation shall refuse to include him on the list provided for by Article L. 615-1. If he is already registered and no longer meets these conditions or does not comply with h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formal notices from the Departmental Director of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training.

Article L4721-2

…difficulties involved. If, on expiry of this deadline, the labour inspector referred to in article L. 8112-1 finds that the dangerous situation has not ceased, he may issue the employer with a statem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article L775-21

…pression: "financial instrument" refers only to financial instruments within the meaning of Article L. 211-1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Insurance against natural disasters.

Article L125-2

Insurance undertakings must include in the contracts referred to in article L. 125-1 a clause extending their cover to the losses referred to in the third paragraph of the said article.The cover provi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-2

For the application of this Code in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° "Judicial Court" by "Court of First Instance" ; 2° "Cour d'appel" by "tribunal supérieu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-2

In the event of a portfolio transfer ordered pursuant to 14° of I of article L. 612-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, any part of the rights of policyholders, contract holders, members and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-2

…es. It adopts, under the same conditions, the federal performance projects defined in 3° of article L. 131-15. A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the conditions for application of this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-2

The health regulations provided for in article L. 1523-1 lay down the general rules of hygiene and all other measures designed to protect human health, in particular with regard to : - prevention of c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article L412-2

…article L. 411-1 may request all relevant documents and records, regardless of the medium. They may take cop…

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