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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-47

…rectly or accepted as reinsurance; 2° Set the minimum number of members, which may not be less than 500; this minimum number is set at seven for the organisations mentioned in Article L. 771-1 of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-45

The coefficients applicable to works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of live performances are determined as follows: I.-The works are divided into two groups: 1° First group: works wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-21

I.-The opening judgment interrupts or prohibits any legal action on the part of all creditors whose claim is not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17 and seeking: 1° To order the debtor to pay a sum of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-8

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 2121-33, the term of office of delegates is linked to that of the municipal council of the commune from which they come. This mandate expires at the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups

Article L613-61-1

I. - When it decides that a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 which is a subsidiary of a group within the meaning of I of Article L. 511-20 meets the conditions for initiating resolution pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-3

…en refused, suspended, withdrawn or lapsed, is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros. II. - It is punishable by the same penalties to produce, cause to be produced, distrib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-19

I. - When a medical biology laboratory is unable to carry out a medical biology examination, it shall transmit the biological samples to another medical biology laboratory for analysis and interpretat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…e end of the period set by formal notice. The amount of the administrative fine may not exceed : 1° 500,000 euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° of A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-62

I.-The establishments mentioned in this section receive funding from the health insurance scheme, in the form of a lump sum per night for temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women under t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23

Ambulance coordination is provided on a continuous basis in each department. A professional is assigned, at least during the day, to ambulance coordination missions by the most representative departme…

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