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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article R2145-5

The interested party is notified of the refusal of the economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave by the employer within eight days of receipt of the request.In the event of a disp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-12

The statement or statement of reasons provided for in article R. 3122-11 shall include a list of the supporting documents produced. The exhibits and documents are submitted to the registry of the cour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-4

Private practice companies and private practice financial holding companies for dispensing pharmacists must be registered in the appendix to the register referred to in articles L. 4222-1 and L. 4232-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

I.-The units of account referred to in article L. 131-1 are :1° The assets listed in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 3°, 4°, 5° and 8° of article R. 332-2 ; 2° Under the conditions set out in articles R. 131-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95-1

…andates of permanent representative of a venture capital company mentioned in Article 1er de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985 portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, a sociét…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

The technical provisions corresponding to accepted reinsurance transactions are as follows: 1° Mathematical provision: difference between the present value of the commitments assumed by the reinsurer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D7231-1

I.-The personal service activities subject to authorisation, pursuant to article L. 7232-1, are as follows:1° Childcare in the home, under an age set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

…lting from the decree no. 2022-894 of 15 June 2022 D. 314-24 to D. 314-26 Resulting from the décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016 D. 314-27 Resulting from the décret n° 2018-431 du 1er juin 2018 D. 314-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-1

…ciations; 5° Two representatives of professional organisations. The provisions of Article 74 of Law n° 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men and of décret n° 2015-354 du 27…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-59

…n of judicial administrator or that of judicial representative. Subject to the provisions of décret n° 2017-794 du 5 mai 2017 relatif à la constitution, au fonctionnement et au contrôle des sociétés p…

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