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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Record-keeping relating to investments, contracts, claims and reinsurance

Article A343-4-3

Reinsurance treaties, acceptances, cessions and retrocessions are recorded in chronological order under a continuous numbering system. The following information must be recorded on a document that can…

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Article Annexe 6-4

JURISDICTIONS WITH JURISDICTION IN THE OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE JURISDICTION, IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2564-2

For the application to Mayotte of these provisions: 1° The reference to the department, overseas department, region or overseas region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte; 2° The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-6

The material organisation of the technical examination relating to the exercise of certain judicial police missions by tax service agents, and in particular the supply of copies and composition forms…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Base of professional knowledge and skills

Article D6113-29

The knowledge and skills base referred to in articles L. 6121-2, L. 6324-1 and L. 6323-6 is made up of all the knowledge and skills that it is useful for an individual to master in order to promote ac…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-27

Where the company is owned by a pharmacist or veterinary surgeon, he may be replaced by : 1° A pharmacist or veterinary surgeon delegate or assistant of the same company ; 2° A pharmacist or veterinar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

Personal data concerning persons who are the subject of proceedings to investigate the causes of death or disappearance are deleted once the investigation has made it possible to find the missing pers…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Breach of contract.

Article L7112-2

In newspaper and periodical companies, in the event of termination by either party of the open-ended employment contract of a professional journalist, the period of notice, subject to 3° of Article L.…

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Article Annexe 6-3

Jurisdictions having jurisdiction in the overseas departments to hear, pursuant to Article L. 610-1,procedures applicable to traders and artisans DEPARTEMENTJURISDICTION RESSORT Guadeloupe Tribunal mi…

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Article Annexe 7-4

Number of assessors of the commercial chambers of the judicial courtsof the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and MoselleDEPARTEMENTSHEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMERCIAL CHAMBER of the judicial courtNUMBER…

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