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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-23

…R. 352-18 to R. 352-22. It provides a detailed description of the theory, assumptions and mathematical and empirical foundations underlying the internal model. It mentions any circumstances in which…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-49

…nternal control system and the other elements of the Group's system of governance. This function is carried out objectively and independently of the operational functions. The conclusions and recommen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-1

In the event of a change of assignment of a judicial police officer within the jurisdiction of another court of appeal, including in the event of temporary secondment pursuant to the second paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions concerning the marketing and use of substances and mixtures classified as hazardous

Article R1342-21

…s or mixtures mentioned in article R. 1342-20, as well as the substances and mixtures classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction of categories 1A and 1B are held with a view to fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Remuneration of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the implementation of the agreement and the expert.

Article R611-47-1

The proposals made by the mandataire ad hoc or the conciliator to the debtor on the terms of his remuneration shall be attached to the request mentioned in Article R. 611-18 or at the request mentione…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-38

…who provided for the funeral or, failing this, from the next of kin of the deceased, the ashes are scattered in the space set aside for this purpose in the cemetery of the municipality of the place of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-14

…or in Article D. 45-3 may submit the request for exoneration or the claim provided for in Articles 495-18 and 495-19 dematerialised in accordance with the procedures specified by this section. The cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

The Chairman of the Departmental Council has three months from the date on which the application is deemed to be complete to notify the public authority concerned of the opinion provided for in the se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-138

Enclosed workplaces owned, rented or managed by the companies responsible for the work, as well as those made available to these companies on sites subject to the obligation to coordinate safety and h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-21

With the exception of the registration number in the National Register for the Identification of Natural Persons and, where applicable, the number of the recipient of the Active Solidarity Income fina…

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