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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-22

…Article L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 356-18, they shall draw up written policies guaranteeing that the information disclosed meets the requir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-67

…nd economic committee draws up consolidated accounts, under the conditions set out inarticle L. 233-18 of the French Commercial Code. The accounting requirements for these consolidated accounts are se…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R3123-16

…ormation and documents relating to its capacities and skills, required pursuant to Articles L. 3123-18, L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-21 and under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 3123-1 to R. 3123-8,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to jurisdiction

Article R615-1

…in the exclusive jurisdiction of the unified patent court pursuant to Articles L. 615-17 and L. 615-18, it shall declare of its own motion that it does not have jurisdiction and shall refer the partie…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-20

…shall, where necessary, lay down the procedures by which the alerts referred to in articles D. 224-18 and D. 224-19 may be voluntarily made available to the administrative authority responsible for c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-10

Notwithstanding articles L. 5125-4, L. 5125-11, L. 5125-3, L. 5125-12 and L. 5125-18, any opening or acquisition by a mutual society or union of mutual societies of an existing pharmacy and any transf…

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

Article L956-4

…rticles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-63

At his request, an employee who is a member of a labour tribunal and who carries out his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 14…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-12

…lice, by the agents responsible for the checks mentioned in 1° and 2° of I and II of article L. 571-18 of the Environmental Code, without prejudice to the checks carried out by the agents of the local…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-27

…2°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 7° of article D. 6153-10-1 and the provisions of articles R. 6153-11 to R. 6153-18 and R. 6153-25.The training periods completed in this position are taken into account, if they ar…

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