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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-1

Persons convicted of one of the offences mentioned in the article 706-47 may be subject to a treatment order imposed either at the time of their conviction, as part of a socio-judicial follow-up, in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training)

Article R2272-4-1

The persons chosen for their expertise and experience, mentioned in 2° of IV of article R. 2272-1, are appointed by the Minister for Labour for a period of three years. Travel and subsistence expenses…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11-4

In order to allow the public prosecutor to notify the head of the prison in accordance with articles D. 77 and D. 158, the family court judge or the children's judge shall inform this magistrate of de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Manufacture and import of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-46-1

For each batch of medicinal products referred to in articles R. 5142-45 and R. 5142-46, the pharmacist or veterinarian responsible shall release the batches and certify that each manufacturing batch c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4-1

The amount of the remuneration provided for in Article L. 311-3 specific to each medium is brought to the attention of the purchaser when the recording media mentioned in Article L. 311-4 are put up f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-4

…ber of the contract, if he or she is not the opposing party.This notice must include the obligation to bring an action for recovery within one month, failing which the objection will be dismissed.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-14

…ust define the method for determining the annual contributions. It must also contain details of how to determine the number of annuity units corresponding to the said contribution. The agreement is su…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-18

The amount of the benefit is equal, for each beneficiary, to the product of the number of annuity units in his account multiplied by the service value of the annuity unit determined for the contract t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-4

…date of the transfer or, where applicable, from the date of receipt of a price supplement relating to this transfer, by the holder or holders of the transferring securities to the company whose secur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-1

…tice is submitted. I.-Principle : The information provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 132-5-2 and in the first paragraph of article L. 132-5-3 on surrender or transfer values that cannot…

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