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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-4

At the close of each financial year, the Board of Directors or, where applicable, the Management Board of mutual insurance companies shall draw up a management report. The provisions of Article L. 322…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-18

…oms warehousing; c) Inward processing; d) Processing under customs control; e) Temporary admission; 3° When they are intended for introduction into free zones or free warehouses.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies D

I. - The share savings plan is open and operates in accordance with articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the share savings plan intended for the financing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Agricultural and rural credit unions

Article L512-60

The caisses de Crédit mutuel agricole et rural are governed by the rules set out in section 3, with the exception of the provisions specifically relating to the caisses de Crédit agricole mutuel subje…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-79

…to an employee who is a candidate for :1° to the European Parliament ;2° to the municipal council ;3° Departmental council or regional council;4° to the Assembly of Corsica ;5° the council of the Lyo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-20

…4221-14-2 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 3° The procedures for applying the obligation to transmit the information mentioned in article L. 42…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-15

In the event of intervention by the policyholders' guarantee fund under the conditions set out in article L. 423-3, companies shall, over the following three years, replenish the sums paid by the fund…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Property and undivided rights between several communes

Article L5222-5

When the division decided by the municipal councils pursuant to articles L. 5222-2 and L. 5222-3 or resulting from the withdrawal of a commune from the joint ownership concerns property used for pasto…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-4

I. - The articles L. 5722-1 to L. 5722-2 and the articles L. 5722-3 and L. 5722-6 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-9

…inary committee for security measures to carry out a multidisciplinary assessment of dangerousness; 3° The members of the multidisciplinary committee for security measures.

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