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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-14

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall put in place processes and procedures to ensure that their best estimates and the assumptions underlying the calculation of their best estimates are regula…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15-1

Where article R. 2122-48-4 is applied, all voters have the right to object to their address being communicated to the trade union organisations. The voter is informed of the existence of this right by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-15-1

The publication of the accounts of the network's establishments provided for in Article L. 712-6 is carried out by the establishment in the month following its approval by the supervisory authority. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-122

…eterinarians alone are authorised to administer, in the case provided for in a of 3° of article L. 5143-4, to animals whose flesh or products are not intended for human consumption, medicinal products…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-14

…monograph or the revision of the list drawn up by the European Commission in application of Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC, a herbal medicinal product which is the subject of a marketing authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-11

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4311-2, the profession of nurse may be practised by persons who hold : 1° One of the certificates issued in application of the decree of 27 June 1922 estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

…month, enter French territory, arrive in Corsica or one of the collectivities mentioned in article 72-3 of the Constitution. The list of areas where the infection is circulating is drawn up by order o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-11

…t, the vacancy is filled under the initial conditions of appointment provided for in articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-10. The new member is appointed under the conditions and within the timeframe provide…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-155

The purpose of the work placements referred to in article A. 212-154 is to place the trainee in a position of responsibility in a training and educational structure approved by the regional director f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-151

…who are or have been top-level sportsmen and sportswomen under the conditions set out in article D. 212-73, after having completed a continuous assessment course organised by a public educational esta…

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