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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Financial provisions.

Article L5428-1

Subject to the provisions stipulating that they may not be assigned or seized, allowances, assistance and any other benefits paid by Pôle emploi may be assigned and seized under the same conditions an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-73-1

I.-When a person finds itself in the situation referred to in III of Article L. 613-56, the resolution college, after obtaining the opinion of the supervisory college, shall examine without delay whet…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-2

I.-Where the contract expressly states that the option referred to in 2° of article L. 131-1 does not apply to the beneficiary, the notice sent by the contracting party to the beneficiary informing hi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-44

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up and keep up to date a list of external credit assessment bodies whose assessments may be used by Class 1a credit institutions, financ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-8

Notwithstanding any provision or stipulation to the contrary, the general meeting of one of the persons referred to in I and II of Article L. 613-34 may, by a two-thirds majority, amend the articles o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European Investigation Order by the French judicial authorities

Article D47-1-2

Any European investigation order issued by one of the judicial authorities mentioned in Article 694-20 is drafted using the form set out in Annex A to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the Europ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disposal of anatomical parts.

Article R1335-11

Human anatomical parts intended for abandonment must be cremated. Cremation takes place in a crematorium authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-40 of the General Local Authorities Code and whos…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-82

The marriage contract, counter-letter, change of matrimonial regime (number 41 of table 5) give rise to the collection:1° Where there are no contributions or dowries or where the value of the property…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to leave for health or family reasons

Article R6152-819

Practitioners governed by the provisions of this sub-section are entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, leave for the arrival of a child placed with a view to adoption, adoption leave or paternity…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article L343-5

Natural persons guilty of any of the offences provided for in this Chapter may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from the channels of commerce the articles found to be infringing and an…

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