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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-5

…ational illnesses may do so with the companies mentioned in article L. 310-1 of this Code when they act under the conditions laid down for this purpose by the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-5-1

…n organiser of a tourist package or by a professional facilitating a tied travel service that he is acting exclusively in his capacity as provider of a travel service, as an intermediary or in any oth…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgments

Article D123-1

…diovisual registers will issue the person requesting registration or publication with a copy of the act, agreement or judgment registered or published, together with the registration or publication re…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Chairman

Article R112-24

With the exception of the transactions mentioned in 8° of article R. 112-23, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may delegate his signature, including the prerogatives h…

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

Article R212-19

The agreement establishing a programming agreement :1° Designates a member to act as the lead company;2° Provides that the lead company is delegated the task of entering into contracts with distributo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-20-1

…of the municipal council.II. - Unless otherwise decided by the special delegation, its members who act as deputies receive the allowance set by deliberation of the town council for deputies.III. - An…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Amicable partition.

Article 837

…n article 836, he may, at the request of a co-partitioner, be given formal notice, by extrajudicial act, to be represented at the amicable partition. If the undivided co-owner fails to appoint a proxy…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-10

…e 1832 and the first paragraph of articles 1832-1 and 1833, or any of the causes of nullity of contracts in general. Any clause in the articles of association that is contrary to a mandatory provision…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-6

The manager represents the undivided co-owners to the extent of his powers, either for civil acts or in court, both as plaintiff and defendant. He is obliged to state the names of all the undivided co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-9

…tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty of a crime or offence of an act of terrorism as defined by the articles 421-1 and 421-2 of the Penal Code or the offence of terr…

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