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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article R*421-64

…eaux of insurance. The terms and conditions of this reimbursement are set out in articles R. 421-65 to R. 421-67.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Record-keeping relating to investments, contracts, claims and reinsurance

Article A343-4-3

Reinsurance treaties, acceptances, cessions and retrocessions are recorded in chronological order under a continuous numbering system. The following information must be recorded on a document that can…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Record-keeping relating to investments, contracts, claims and reinsurance

Article A343-4-2

Events and claims that give rise or are likely to give rise to at least one of the guarantees provided for in the contract, or outflows, are recorded as soon as they are known, under a continuous numb…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-81-4

Two of the three experts on the panel provided for by article 720-5 to carry out the assessment of dangerousness provided for by the same article are those mentioned in article R. 61-11. The conclusio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Internal organisation.

Article L6146-4

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency, when informed by the public accountant of the irregularity of legal acts concluded by a public health institution with a temporary employment compan…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

…1981, determined on the basis of the information that these persons and their suppliers communicate to the body or bodies mentioned in article L. 133-2 ; 2° A second portion, which may not exceed half…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National master plan for blood transfusion organisation and regional blood transfusion organisation plans

Article R1222-47

The national blood transfusion master plan referred to in article L. 1222-15 is prepared by the Etablissement Français du Sang. It is approved by the Minister for Health, after consultation with the M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Approval procedures for bodies carrying out inspections

Article R3115-41

I. - Any application for renewal of the authorisation must be sent to the Prefect at least ninety days before the expiry date of the authorisation under the conditions set out in article R. 3115-39 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Notification of the decision

Article R4234-45

…e provisions of articles 643 and 644 of the Code of Civil Procedure. If the effect of the appeal is to suspend enforcement of the decision, the notification shall state this. Otherwise, the notificati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-4

Persons who wish to be represented in proceedings before the National Institute of Industrial Property may only do so, for acts where the technical nature of the subject matter so requires, through th…

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