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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-20

Goods may be surrendered if they are : 1° totally lost ;2° Lost or damaged up to three quarters of their value;3° Sold en route due to material damage to the insured objects as a result of a covered r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-2-2

…antations on the right-of-way of roads on which he exercises the traffic police pursuant to article L. 2213-1 in order to guarantee the safety and convenience of passage, the costs relating to the ope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-3-1

The disciplinary sanctions applicable to commercial court judges are:1° A reprimand;2° A ban on being appointed to single-judge functions for a maximum of five years;3° Disqualification accompanied by…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Occupational health inspector.

Article L8123-2

The provisions of this code relating to the powers and obligations of the labour inspectors mentioned in article L. 8112-1 are extended to medical labour inspectors with the exception of the provision…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-2

In the public health establishments in Mayotte, the statement of projected income and expenditure is drawn up, on the one hand, taking into account the annual allocations provided for in article L. 64…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article L162-2

…Article L. 262-2 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles. Where the debtor is a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-2

…g responsibility in their own budgets for expenditure on the public services referred to in article L. 2224-1.However, the municipal council may decide on such assumption of responsibility when it is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-2

The authorisation of the press publisher or press agency is required before any reproduction or communication to the public of all or part of its press publications in digital form by an online public…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-2

…bject to international conventions, the remuneration rights recognised by the provisions of article L. 214-1 are divided between performers and phonogram producers for phonograms fixed for the first t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-2

The communes, départements and regions regulate the affairs of their jurisdiction by their deliberations.Under the conditions laid down by law, they have regulatory powers for the exercise of their ju…

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