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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Public policy provisions

Article L219-1

The provisions of this Title are a matter of public policy.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The National Insurance School.

Article L412-1

I. - Expenses of all kinds arising from the operation of the Ecole Nationale d'Assurances are covered by direct or indirect payments from insurance companies, their professional bodies and national fe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Protected areas.

Article L3335-11

Persons selling drinks for consumption on the premises under the guise of associations are subject to the administrative regulations governing public houses under the conditions set out in article 165…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-1

In all public houses, a display of non-alcoholic drinks offered for sale in the establishment is compulsory.The display must include at least ten bottles or containers and present, insofar as the outl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article L322-14

Commercial courts may, after death or cessation of business, and in all other cases of necessity the assessment of which is submitted to them, authorise the sale by wholesale auction of goods of any k…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article L322-1

Public and retail sales of goods that take place after death or by authority of justice are carried out in the prescribed forms and by the ministerial officers responsible for the forced sale of furni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Acceptance.

Article L511-18

Where the drawer has indicated in the bill of exchange a place of payment other than that of the drawee's domicile, without designating a third party with whom payment is to be made, the drawee may in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Acceptance.

Article L511-16

…request that a second presentation be made to him the day after the first. Interested parties are only entitled to claim that this request has not been granted if it is mentioned in the protest. The b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-11

The holder of a bill of exchange is considered a legitimate bearer if he proves his right by an uninterrupted series of endorsements, even if the last endorsement is blank. Crossed-out endorsements ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-12

Persons sued under the bill of exchange may not raise against the bearer defences based on their personal relationships with the drawer or with previous bearers, unless the bearer, in acquiring the bi…

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