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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-506

Teaching assistants may be appointed as lecturers under the conditions defined by article L. 952-1 of the Education Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-6

…on under investigation, and after hearing his or her observations and those of his or her lawyer.It may also be decided, without adversarial debate or prior hearing of the observations of the person u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-3

…e or cohabitee or by the partner who was linked to the victim by a civil solidarity pact, the judge may, at the request or with the express consent of the victim, which may be obtained by any means: 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 308

…on or cinema cameras, or photographic equipment is prohibited on pain of an 18,000 euro fine, which may be imposed under the conditions set out in Title VIII of Book IV.However, the proceedings of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…to betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling sector…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Non-compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L181-1

…ot have his principal residence or place of management there, the parties to the insurance contract may choose to apply either French law or the law of the country where the policyholder has his princ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-2

…ed by this chapter, one or more insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-2 of this Code may enter into a co-insurance contract with mutual insurers and associations referred to inArticle L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-52

…ctim of one of the offences provided for in articles 222-33-2-2 and 222-33-2-3 of the Criminal Code may be the subject of an audiovisual recording. The recording provided for in the previous paragraph…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Safeguard measures relating to insurance undertakings

Article R335-2

…of this plan within one month of the request, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require an insurance undertaking to provide a reinforced solvency margin in excess of the minimu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Liability for insufficient assets.

Article L651-2

Where the judicial liquidation of a legal entity reveals a shortfall in assets, the court may, in the event of mismanagement having contributed to the shortfall in assets, decide that the amount of th…

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