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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Equal opportunities for women and men in the workplace

Article D2241-2

The three-yearly negotiations on professional equality are based on a report presenting the comparative situation of women and men in the areas mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 2241-11. It is also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Beneficiaries of the various social security schemes, medical assistance and article L. 115 of the pensions code

Article R1112-24

When they are admitted, beneficiaries of the various social security schemes must provide all the documents required for the establishment to be able to obtain reimbursement of hospitalisation costs f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Beneficiaries of the various social security schemes, medical assistance and article L. 115 of the pensions code

Article R1112-25

Recipients of state medical aid must be in possession of an emergency admission decision or, failing this, all the documents required to obtain reimbursement of all or part of their hospitalisation co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Beneficiaries of the various social security schemes, medical assistance and article L. 115 of the pensions code

Article R1112-26

Beneficiaries of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018

The trust contract determines, on pain of nullity: 1° The assets, rights or securities transferred. If they are future, they must be determinable; 2° The duration of the transfer, which may not exceed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-20-2

I.-Seals and samples are sent to the central service for the preservation of biological samples in standardised packaging in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

Voluntary or forced public auctions of financial securities shall be conducted, if the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, by the investment services providers which are members…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations prior to reduction

Article 919-2

A gift made outside the share of the estate is deducted from the available share. The excess is subject to reduction.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-2

The declaration shall contain the information, in the employee's possession, sufficient to enable the employer to assess the classification of the invention in one of the categories provided for in pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to titles.

Article R231-2

Any legal or de facto association manager who contravenes the provisions of article R. 213-21 is liable to a fifth-class fine. A repeat offence under this article is punishable in accordance with arti…

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