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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-1

…The guarantee or equivalent undertaking referred to in the third paragraph of article R. 332-17 must :-be governed by French law and, in the event of a dispute, be subject to the exclusive jurisdict…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-222

The following identification information is entered in the register: 1° For each legal unit: a) For the natural persons mentioned in article R. 123-220 : the surname and, where applicable, the used na…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés urbaines pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

Within a period of two months prior to the clinical trial of a veterinary medicinal product, the sponsor shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentati…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

I. - The provisions of articles R. 5211-19 to R. 5211-40 shall apply to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge

Article L425-1

I. - A guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge is responsible for compensating farmers and owners of agricultural and forestry land for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

The provisions of this section apply to the medicinal products mentioned in Article L. 5111-1, where these medicinal products :1° Are classified, by decision of the Director General of the Agence nati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12

Investigating and sentencing courts may, as an alternative measure to pre-trial detention, impose house arrest with electronic surveillance in the cases provided for by articles 135-2, 145, 148, 201,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of public information obligations concerning bans on minors

Article R432-1

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-35

Any circuit on which activities involving motorised land vehicles take place must be approved in advance. The safety conditions corresponding to these types of activity are defined by the technical an…

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