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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-2

…suant to the provisions of Article L. 322-27-2, the central body is responsible in particular for : 1° Representing the entities in the network in dealings with the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R343-2-1

The provisions of this chapter are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-2

…assurance. The terms and conditions for the commitment, call and remuneration of the guarantee are set out in an agreement between the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Caisse Centrale de R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L3123-20-1

…y or accident, the amount of the official allowance paid to him is at most equal to the difference between the allowance previously allocated to him and the daily allowances paid by his social protect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L4135-20-1

…y or accident, the amount of the official allowance paid to him is at most equal to the difference between the allowance previously allocated to him and the daily allowances paid by his social protect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Economic intervention

Article L4424-28-1

…s.The Corsican regional authority will enter into an agreement with the company managing the fund, setting out, in particular, the purpose, amount and operation of the guarantee fund, the procedures f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-25-1

In the event of withdrawal of the competence transferred to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation:1° The movable and immovable assets made available to the establishment benefiting fro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-27-1

When the municipality's contribution to the department's social assistance expenditure for 1999 is paid by the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation instead of the member municipality,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-21-1

…blic establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status which exercise the competence of tourism or the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 5211-21 et L. 5722-6 collect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article L5422-2-1

Unexhausted rights to insurance benefit from previous periods of compensation are taken into account, in whole or in part, in the calculation of the duration and amount of rights when a new period of…

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