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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-17

…The transitional deduction referred to in Article L. 351-5 corresponds to a fraction of the difference between the following two amounts:a) the technical provisions after deduction of receivables aris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-9

I. - Applicant establishments or organisations appoint a responsible person who ensures compliance with the regulations relating to the quality and safety of tissues or their derivatives or cell thera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-19

The deliberative assemblies are kept informed as soon as they meet of the opinions formulated by the regional audit chamber and of the orders issued by the representative of the State in application o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-18

…ading property investment company or to fail to disclose to the public prosecutor any criminal offence of which he has knowledge. Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Criminal Code apply to statutory aud…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-4

…les L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-63, subject to the adaptations provided for in this section and with the exception of Articles L. 1251-14, L. 1251-15, L. 1251-19, L. 1251-26 to L. 1251-28, L. 1251-32, L. 125…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2162-2

Where the framework agreement does not set out all the contractual stipulations, it gives rise to the conclusion of subsequent contracts under the conditions set out in articles R. 2162-7 to R. 2162-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-1

…ually carried out their activity on French territory, on behalf of an employer whose registered office, in the case of a legal entity, or, in the case of a natural person, the activity or address of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-26-5

The operation and resources of the Employees' Rights Commission are governed by the provisions set out in Articles 81, 84 and 85, the first seven paragraphs of Article 88, the first two paragraphs of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-18

…and the Minister for the Budget, on the one hand, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale, on the other hand, defines, where necessary, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions (R)

Article R5711-2

…L. 5711-1 are defined by the decree mentioned in article R. 2311-1. The budget is voted in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 5211-14. The provisions of article R. 2311-1 defining t…

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