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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R343-1

The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 or in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 must be able to justify the valuation of the following items:1° Technical provisions sufficient to settle in full…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-1

Contracting entities are: 1° Contracting authorities that carry out one of the activities of network operator defined in articles L. 1212-3 and L. 1212-4 ; 2° Where they are not contracting authoritie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-19

For the examination with option in civil matters, the oral tests comprise: 1° A test lasting thirty minutes comprising a ten-minute presentation on a subject relating to mandates in civil matters, fol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article L1453-7

By way of derogation from the provisions of section 3 and subject to the conditions of declaration or authorisation provided for in this section, the following benefits in kind or in cash may be offer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R8

The jury for the technical examination for judicial police officers of the national police is composed as follows:1° The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-3

The creation of a conference of mayors is compulsory in public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, except where the bureau of the public establishment already incl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-1

I.- Local hospitals are public or private healthcare establishments, or identified sites within these establishments. They provide the first level of the gradation of hospital care and refer patients…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2623-1

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article L. 2313-2, the words: "or a public body of the European Union" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2313-3, th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: New extensions

Article L742-5

In exceptional cases, the matter may again be referred to the liberty and custody judge for the purpose of extending the period of detention beyond the maximum period provided for in article L. 742-4,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: VISAS AND TRAVEL AUTHORIZATIONS

Article R312-10

When a foreign national is authorised to stay in France under cover of a travel document bearing the required visa for a stay of more than three months and no more than one year, this visa may be revo…

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