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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 57

…of them, are not designated to the civil registrar, no mention of this will be made in the registers.If it is medically impossible to determine the child's sex on the day the record is drawn up, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…propose that the employee be reinstated in the company, while retaining his or her acquired benefits. If either party refuses this reinstatement, the judge will award the employee compensation payabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L4133-5

…cted by list ballot. Each regional councillor or group of councillors may submit a list of candidates. Each list is composed alternately of one candidate of each sex. A group of councillors which does…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

…d, including those for whom there is a presumption of death ANNUAL AMOUNT (all technical provisions combined) of contracts for policyholders centenarians not deceased NUMBER of contracts closed by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6452-1

…administrative court the acts mentioned in article LO 6451-2 that it considers contrary to legality within two months of their transmission. When the State representative refers an act to the administ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-8

…onal qualifications ;2° Or 150 hours' vocational training in banking or payment services, taken :a) with a credit institution, finance company, payment institution, electronic money institution that p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article R4452-1

…chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° Optical radiation: all electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 100 nanometres and 1 millimetre. The spectrum of optical radiation is subd…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-12

…the information needed to reach conclusions on which to base his opinion on the financial statements. 2. The purpose of this standard is to define the principles relating to the use of this technique…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-5

Article L. 723-2 reads as follows: "Art. L. 723-2 -I.-The representatives referred to in Article L. 723-1 applicable in New Caledonia must hold positions in the company either as chairman and chief ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

…ties or money market instruments issued by the same entity; 3° 20% of its assets in deposits placed with the same entity. The UCITS' counterparty risk on a single counterparty resulting from over-the-…

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