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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Persons responsible for the amicable recovery of debts

Article R124-2

The persons referred to in article R. 124-1 must provide evidence that they have taken out an insurance policy covering them against the financial consequences of any professional civil liability they…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-19

In order to be extended, the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement, their riders or annexes, must have been negotiated and concluded within the joint committee mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-25-1

…or with a disability where that person is, for that other employee, one of those mentioned in 1° to 9° of Article L. 3142-16. Annual leave may only be transferred if it exceeds twenty-four working day…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Vaccinations.

Article L3111-2

…Hepatitis B virus; 7° Against invasive pneumococcal infections;8° Against serogroup C meningococcus;9° Against measles;10° Against mumps;11° Against rubella. II.Persons with parental authority or who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L3215-1

The following offences are punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 1° For the director of an establishment referred to in article L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-10

By way of derogation from article L. 4241-1, pharmacy students regularly enrolled in the third year of studies in a pharmaceutical sciences training and research unit are authorised, for the purpose o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1-2

Insurance undertakings must assess their financial risks on an ongoing basis, in particular by simulating the impact of changes in interest rates and stock market prices on their assets and liabilitie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-53

The liquidator appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in application of articles L. 326-1 and L. 326-2, or by the competent authorities of the home state of an insurance und…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition and operation of the artistic committee

Article R2172-18

For operations located on national territory, the artistic committee mentioned in article R. 2172-9 is made up of the following members: 1° The project owner or his representative, who chairs the comm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article D811-1-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The provisions of Book IV mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below,…

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