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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article D113-7

I.-The contract cancellation notification function provided for in II of article L. 113-14 is presented to the policyholder as "cancel your contract" or a similar unambiguous wording, displayed in leg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88

The investigating judge issues an order confirming that the complaint has been lodged. Depending on the resources of the civil party, he shall set the amount of the deposit that the latter must, if he…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Representation

Article 1158

A third party who is in doubt as to the extent of the contractual representative's authority in connection with an act which he is about to enter into may request the principal in writing to confirm,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-17

The contracting authority shall negotiate with all tenderers in respect of their initial and subsequent tenders, with the exception of final tenders. It may, however, award the contract on the basis o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2132-4

Where the call for competition is made by means of a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice, access to the consultation documents on the buyer profile is offered from the date on whi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-3-1

…are null and void. The action for nullity shall be extinguished if such deliberations are expressly confirmed by the competent body on the report of regularly appointed auditors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-44

…of an educational, scientific or health nature, whatever the means of dissemination, they only use confirmed data, exercise caution and are concerned about the repercussions of their comments on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-18

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros for a statutory auditor, in his own name or as a partner in a company of statutory auditors, to give or confirm false informatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 979

…me limit for filing the statement of case:-a copy of the contested decision;-a copy of the decision confirmed or reversed by the contested decision.In the event of incomplete or materially incorrect t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-50

Agents, appointed or confirmed in their post, who perform or have performed one of the functions referred to in articles R. 2223-42, R. 2223-43 and R. 2223-44 for a period of twelve months from 10 May…

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