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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L550-1

…is responsible for verifying that the intermediary meets the conditions governing access to and the exercise of the activity of intermediary.In this case, the insurance undertaking is obliged to commu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-4

…L. 137-11-2 of the French Social Security Code for the period during which the corporate mandate is exercised, are subject to the regime provided for in IV of article L. 22-10-8 of this code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Exception for the purpose of exploiting an unavailable work

Article R122-31

I.-Publicly accessible libraries, museums, archive services or institutions holding film, audiovisual or sound heritage wishing to exploit unavailable works under the conditions mentioned in the first…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative protection

Article L431-4

…of local, fair and constant usage. The publication of the decree by the Conseil d'Etat prevents the exercise of the action provided for in article L. 431-6 for the future. This decree may also prohibi…

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

Article L2122-4

…ected mayor who is not at least eighteen years of age. The office of mayor is incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective offices: president of a regional council, president of a d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075-2

…rrying on an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity and in which he or she exercises a managerial function, the disposing person may, in the form of a shared gift and under th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-1

…es falling within the scope of Article 704, the public prosecutor and the investigating judge shall exercise their powers throughout the area of jurisdiction determined pursuant to Article 704. The co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-60

…ted or the personality of the witness, knowledge of the identity of the person is essential for the exercise of the rights of the defence. The accused may, within ten days of being informed of the con…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-92

The person concerned and his/her counsel, accompanied, where applicable, by the person(s) exercising parental authority or the legal representative, shall be summoned to appear before the Sanction Com…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-27

…ticle L. 422-2 of the Consumer Code, apply to personal protective equipment intended for use in the exercise of a sporting or leisure activity, or in the supervision of such an activity (hereinafter r…

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