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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Local medical information department

Article R6113-11-2

I - The doctor in charge of the regional medical information department is appointed by the director of the supporting establishment on the recommendation of the president of the medical college or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 60, 77-1 and 156, where it appears that data seized or obtained in the course of the investigation or enquiry has been subject to transformation operati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-1

…4° of I of Article L. 310-2 must comply with the provisions of Articles L. 322-3-2, L. 351-1, L. 351-2, L. 351-6, L. 352-1, L. 352-5, L. 353-1, L. 354-1 to L. 354-3 and L. 355-1 to L. 355-4. The Auto…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies A

I. - Where a person acquires the right to payment of the principal or the right to payment of interest on a bond arising from a stripping carried out before 1 June 1991, the redemption premium means t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-3

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to emphyteutic leases, except as regards the revision of the rent. However, they shall apply, in the cases provided for in articles L. 145-1 and L. 145-2, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of joint conciliation commissions

Article R1110-9

The joint conciliation commission referred to in article L. 1110-3, which has jurisdiction in the event of a complaint lodged by a person who considers that he or she has been the victim of a discrimi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-2

Under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the rules relating to drinking water and sanitation charges and the sums provided for by Articles L. 1331-1 to L. 1331-10 of the Public Health Cod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-2

For the diversification provision referred to in Article R. 343-3, the requirement referred to in Article R. 334-13 is set at 1% of the said provision. For the application of article R. 334-13-1, mana…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-2

I.-For the purposes mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, the High Council shall, at their request, communicate the information or documents that it holds or that it collects to the authorities of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-22-1

In the year in which the members of the Commission are renewed, the First Presidents of the Courts of Appeal shall inform the First President of the Cour de Cassation, no later than two months after t…

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