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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-15

All insurance undertakings covering civil liability risks arising from the use of land motor vehicles in the territory of the French Republic must be members of the competent national insurance bureau…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-13

When it intervenes by virtue of Articles L. 421-11 and L. 421-12, the guarantee fund is subrogated to the rights of the compensation creditor against the person responsible for the accident.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

…However, when the property has been acquired by transfer and a clause exonerating the mining operator from liability has been validly included in the transfer contract, only the damage referred to i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-14

…he intervention of the guarantee fund have been met, the procedures for the payment of compensation to victims via the national insurance bureaux, and the procedures for the exercise by the guarantee…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Infringements of provisions relating to the location of cinemas

Article L434-1

Failure to carry out the measures taken by the State representative in the département as provided for in article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-12

…ion by operation of law provided for in both Subsection 1 of this Section and this Subsection apply to the award of defence or security concession contracts. A person who is in one of the cases of exc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-13

…e been convicted by a final judgment of one of the offences provided for in Articles 226-13, 222-52 to 222-59 or 413-10 to 413-12 of the French Criminal Code, Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-14

The provisions of article L. 3123-6 are applicable to the award of defence or security concession contracts.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II : DELIVERY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article L622-1

Subject to the provisions of article L. 622-2, the administrative authority may, by reasoned decision, attach to the surrender decision taken pursuant to article L. 621-1 against a foreign national ho…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L751-1

This chapter determines the measures applicable to foreign nationals who are the subject of a request to be taken into care or taken back into care, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the Euro…

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