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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Fire insurance.

Article L122-8

…tablished that the insured has not complied with the obligations arising from articles L131-4, L131-8, L131-12, L131-14 to L131-18, L134-4 to L134-12, L135-2, L162-2, L163-4 to L163-6 of the new Frenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-11

…l health or the environment, he shall immediately inform the European Medicines Agency for the application of the Community arbitration procedure. In exceptional cases, where the Director General of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-17

…the parallel import authorisation is responsible for placing the product on the market and, in this capacity, ensures that the provisions of this Title are complied with, in particular those relating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-11

No reconciliation or connection within the meaning of the article 33 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms may not be made between the file provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-11

Within investment firms of significant importance in relation to their size and in accordance with criteria relating to the level of remuneration of the individual, at least half of the variable remun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Specific procedures

Article 899

…victim as compensation for his loss :benefits listed in II of Article 1 of Ordinance no. 59-76 of 7 January 1959 on actions for civil damages by the State and certain other public persons;benefits pai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Secondment to another company

Article D5213-86

…one year of the termination of his contract, from the priority hiring mentioned in article L. 5213-17 if he expresses the wish to return to the adapted enterprise.In this case, the adapted enterprise…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The Assize Court

Article 885

…rors entered before him on the said list shall be removed from the list.Before the judgment of each case, the names of the spouses, parents and relatives up to and including the degree of uncle or nep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-11

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 612-8-1, the Director General of the Treasury, or his representative, shall sit on all panels of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure with negotiation

Article R2361-11

The purchaser shall negotiate with all tenderers in respect of their initial and subsequent tenders, with the exception of final tenders. The negotiations may not relate to the subject of the contract…

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