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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120

The bodies referred to in Article L. 771-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are subject to the following requirements: 1° Their object must be either exclusively insurance or exclusively…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-124

Bodies falling within the scope of this Section which have been set up contrary to the laws and regulations governing their constitution shall be null and void. However, neither the sociétés ou caisse…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-122

The companies or funds referred to in article L. 322-27 are subject, under the authority of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, to ongoing supervision by its supervisors, exercised i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-12

Where article L. 4741-11 has been applied, no new offence may be recorded for the same reason during the period which may have been granted. In the event of a repeat offence recorded in the official r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R1311-12

Persons performing the techniques referred to in articles R. 1311-1 and R. 1311-6 shall inform their customers, before they undergo these techniques, of the risks to which they are exposed and, after…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article R721-12

The Council may, at the request of the heads of the courts of appeal or with their agreement, conduct fact-finding visits to the commercial courts.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L7345-12

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall define the terms and conditions for the application of this section, in particular as regards the referral of cases to the Employment Platforms Social Relations Au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Amendment procedures

Article R1322-12

…holder of an operating licence must declare to the Prefect any project to modify the installations and operating conditions mentioned in the prefectoral authorisation order and send him all the infor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R2333-120

…he pipeline operator. For pipelines declared to be in the public interest or in the public interest and in the event of disagreement by the operator, the fee payable each year may not exceed the ceili…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-12

In terms of waste prevention and management: - the facilities that it appears necessary to close, adapt and create are indicated; - one or more non-hazardous waste storage facilities and one or more i…

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