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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-4-2

When the Finance Bill for the year is presented, the Government sends the standing finance committees of the National Assembly and the Senate a report on all the guarantees granted in the energy secto…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-4

Market undertakings and their appointments committees shall call on a wide range of qualities and skills when recruiting the persons referred to in article L. 421-7 and, to this end, shall implement a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-29-4

When the owners of securities do not have the free administration of their property, the request to exchange the old securities and the purchases or sales of fractional shares necessary to carry out t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-4-2

I.-In order to facilitate the detection of breaches of traffic regulations adopted pursuant to Article L. 2213-4-1 and to enable evidence of these offences to be gathered and their perpetrators to be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4-1

Failure by manufacturers of medical devices or their agents, or by any person engaged in the manufacture, distribution, import or export, even on an ancillary basis, of medical devices, to make the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L23-11-4

After the transfer, the resulting amount is paid, within a period of one month from the date of the transfer or, where applicable, from the date of receipt of a price supplement relating to this trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-2

Only practitioners who have been approved for this purpose by the Agence de la biomédecine mentioned in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid down by regulation may carry out biological diagnosis us…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-5

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion may, with the agreement of the authorities of the Republic, be associate members of regional bodies, mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3441-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-4-1

The vehicle is deemed to be normally based in France : 1° If it bears a number plate which corresponds to it and which has been issued by the French authorities; 2° When, although subject to compulsor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-4-1

I. - In order to combat air pollution, low mobility emission zones may be created in conurbations and in areas for which an atmospheric protection plan has been adopted, is being drawn up or is under…

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