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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-2

…fee assumptions used to calculate the management provision referred to in 4° of Article R. 343-3 ; 3° The allocation of assets, valued in accordance with articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, is unchanged…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration.

Article D6152-417

…or any additional time worked, on a voluntary basis, over and above the weekly service obligations; 3° Allowances for on-call duty and any travel involved; 4° Bonuses and allowances aimed at developin…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers

Article L5842-22

…order to carry out actions of community interest: > "1. "1° Communal roads; > 2° Communal transport 3° Construction, maintenance and operation of primary schools; > " 4° Distribution of drinking water…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-194

The substantial difference within the meaning of article R. 212-90-1 and 3° of article R. 212-93, likely to exist between the declarant's professional qualification and the professional qualification…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The form of bailiff's documents.

Article 648

Any writ issued by a bailiff shall state, independently of the particulars prescribed elsewhere:1. Its date;2. a) If the claimant is a natural person: his surname, first names, occupation, domicile, n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-14

…y control, their distribution throughout the country and the biological qualification of donations; 3° Performing immuno-haematology tests on recipients, providing transfusion advice and issuing labil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1343-2

…he conservation and use of the information and its contribution to covering the resulting expenses; 3° A l'article L. 1340-5 en matière d'intoxication humaine.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-7

The contract includes a trial period of : -four months of actual service for categories 1, 2 and 3 ; -six months of actual service for category 1 "head of department" and management posts. This probat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-2

…d having regard to the particular features of its sexual reproduction or vegetative propagation...; 3° Remains stable, i.e. identical to its initial definition following its successive reproductions o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-18 b (art. A322-91)

Conditions for teaching trimix or heliox diving in the natural environmentSPACESMINIMUM DIVER SKILLSSKILLSminimum of the person supervisingthe groupMAXIMUM NUMBER OF DIVERS (not including the person s…

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