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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Carriers by land and water.

Article 1786

Entrepreneurs and managers of public carriages and roulages, and masters of boats and ships, are also subject to special regulations, which make the law between them and other citizens.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Carriers by land and water.

Article 1782

Conveyancers by land and water are subject, for the custody and preservation of the things entrusted to them, to the same obligations as innkeepers, referred to under the heading "Deposit and sequestr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Carriers by land and water.

Article 1783

They are liable not only for what they have already received in their building or car, but also for what has been delivered to them at the port or warehouse, to be placed in their building or car.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Carriers by land and water.

Article 1784

They are liable for the loss of and damage to the things entrusted to them, unless they prove that they were lost and damaged by fortuitous event or force majeure.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resistance tests

Article R385-4

The stress tests referred to in Article L. 385-3 consist of a projection of the business of the supplementary occupational pension fund into the future. This projection is based on :a) A scenario exte…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantee fund

Article R385-3

I. - The guarantee fund of supplementary occupational pension funds is equal to one third of the minimum required solvency margin defined in article R. 385-1, but may not be less than 3,700,000 euros.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES AND REJECTED BIDDERS

Article R2181-1

The purchaser shall immediately notify each candidate or tenderer concerned of its decision to reject their application or tender.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-2

I.-For the purposes mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, the High Council shall, at their request, communicate the information or documents that it holds or that it collects to the authorities of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-4

For the purposes mentioned in the two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-5

The High Council may communicate confidential information to the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Autorité de la concurrence, the Banque de Fr…

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