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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-29

…niversity courts may impose on the person concerned in application of the provisions of Decree no. 92-657 of 13 July 1992 relating to disciplinary procedure in public higher education establishments p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-2

If the leave is split, the minimum duration of each period of leave is one day.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article D331-21

…ed in article L. 331-17, for the development of legal supply, whether commercial or non-commercial, and for observing the use, whether legal or illegal, of works and objects protected by copyright or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article R331-22

Recommendations adopted by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique pursuant to I of Article L. 331-18 may be published on the authority's website.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-2

…ing are not covered by the guarantee fund: 1° Where the damage arises from an accident involving a land motor vehicle, damage caused to the driver. 2° Where the damage was caused by an animal or thing…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-20

…utory auditor(s) of the insurance undertaking certify that the annual accounts of the plan are true and fair. II - The statutory auditor(s) will be invited to attend the meeting of the plan's supervis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-26

I. - For plans consisting in the constitution of savings converted into an annuity and for each member whose rights have not been liquidated, the ratio between, on the one hand, the value of the capit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-29

The annual report referred to in III of Article L. 144-2 shall give an account of a) New memberships in the plan, and the flow of contributions and benefits paid during the financial year; b) Operatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-21

Any retrocession of commission received for the financial management of a plan by the insurance company, by its delegated managers, including in the form of a collective investment undertaking, or by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-23

…ommitments entered into under this plan stipulate that the assignees agree to submit to documentary and on-site inspections and expert appraisals carried out by the plan's supervisory committee and th…

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