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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prescription of a route

Article R5132-1-3

…ion of the pathway, after examining the situation of the person concerned with regard to employment and the support and training actions carried out as part of the pathway. The person concerned is not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-39-1

…ute to the patient's free choice of practitioner, relating in particular to his professional skills and practices, his career path and the conditions of his practice. This communication must comply wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-3-1

…sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) will request from the Ministry of Justice the bulletin no. 2 of the criminal re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-32-1

I.-The content of the information referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-1, in II and III of Article L. 228-29-7-2 and in Article L. 22-10-43-1, and the procedures for transmitting that information are sp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article R*327-1

…ng to the claim guaranteed by the lien or legal mortgage referred to in Articles L. 327-1, L. 327-2 and L. 327-3 is set at an amount equal to the difference between the amount of the technical provisi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: The investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-1

I. - Credits from the investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services are allocated to fire and rescue services, by the prefects of the defence zones for which they are r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31-1

When, in application of article L. 6143-4, the statement of projected income and expenditure is subject to express approval, this is given within thirty days of receipt of the draft statement of proje…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-3

When the entity designated in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 345-1-2 is an undertaking mentioned in Articles L. 310-1 or L. 310-1-1, a société de groupe d'assuranc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Judicial public interest agreements

Article R15-33-60-10

…ent referred to in the seventeenth paragraph of Article 41-1-2 is recorded by the public prosecutor and notified to the representatives of the legal entity by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article D131-1-3

…or any other durable medium, of their wish to be treated as a client with the experience, knowledge and skills necessary to understand the risks they incur when selecting units of account made up of a…

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