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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-5-2

…an information note, in return for a receipt, setting out the conditions for exercising the waiver option and the essential provisions of the contract. A decree sets out the information that must be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and operation

Article R612-7

…its that he determines and designate the persons authorised to represent him.V. - When the Chairman exercises the option provided for in 3° of II of Article L. 612-14, he shall report to the Superviso…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

Transactions covered by the State guarantee are recorded in separate accounts opened in the books of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, with one account for transactions carried out under Articles L.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1212

The guardianship judge and the public prosecutor have the option of having a doctor examine adults covered by article 416 of the Civil Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-40

If a cheque is lost, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment from a second, third, fourth, etc. cheque. If the person who lost the cheque cannot represent the second, third, fourth, etc., he…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported

Article L174-5

The insurer shall not be liable for damage or loss caused by intentional or inexcusable fault on the part of the consignor or the consignee as such.It shall not be liable for loss or damage resulting…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1811

It may not be stipulated: That the lessee shall bear the total loss of the livestock, though it happen by fortuitous event and through no fault of his. Or that he shall bear, in the loss, a greater sh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1741

The contract of lease is terminated by the loss of the thing leased, and by the respective failure of the lessor and lessee to fulfil their commitments.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-31

Payment may only be stopped in the event of loss of the bill of exchange or the safeguarding, receivership or liquidation of the bearer..

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-44

The President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée grants approval for a cinema access package giving the right to multiple admissions in a number not defined in advance for a period…

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