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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-9

…r purposes which do not fall within the scope of their commercial or professional activity, has the option of withdrawing from it by registered letter or by electronic registered mail with acknowledge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

…cle L. 311-16 of the same code; c) Account overdrafts; d) Hire-purchases and leases with a purchase option. The provisions of the third to seventh paragraphs apply under the same conditions to loans w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 216

…does not apply where the first company is not a member of a group solely due to the absence of the options and agreements to be formulated pursuant to I and the first paragraph of III of Article 223…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-1

…en notice that takes into account, in particular, the duration of the commercial relationship, with reference to trade practices or inter-trade agreements, and, for the purpose of determining the pric…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-18

…ragraphs may not exceed the duration of the plan.The lessee may, at maturity, exercise the purchase option before the expiry of the periods provided for in this article. He must then pay all the sums…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 60, 77-1 and 156, where it appears that data seized or obtained in the course of the investigation or enquiry has been subject to transformation operati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-11

For companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the report mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 225-37 state and, where applicable, explain the following items w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Artificial baths

Article D1332-51

Artificial bathing in an open system meets the following requirements: 1° The entire volume of the artificial bathing area must be renewed in less than 12 hours, at all times when it is open to the pu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Other concession contracts

Article L3212-4

The following concession contracts are subject to the rules set out in Title II :1° Services relating to the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, of land, existing buildings or other im…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 206

…239 quater D;j. The interprofessional outpatient care companies referred to in 7° of article 8.This option entails the application to the said companies and the said groupings, subject to the exceptio…

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