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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11-1

With the authorisation of the public prosecutor or examining magistrate, as the case may be, elements of ongoing legal proceedings may be communicated to authorities or bodies authorised for this purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18-3

…replaced by a substitute. If there is no substitute, a supplementary election is held to fill the vacant seat as from the date on which the vacancy is established. In this case, the term of office of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-3

The certificate drawn up by the person responsible for the second-hand resale certifies that the second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical device has been serviced as part of the accreditation referred…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-14

…r the purposes of applying article L. 561-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code to life insurance or capitalisation contracts, where the insurance undertaking is unable to meet the obligations set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-14

The clinical selection of donors referred to in article R. 1211-13 is supplemented for any removal or collection of elements and products of the human body for therapeutic purposes by medical biology…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 A bis

I. - By way of exception to the first sentence of the first paragraph of I of Article 223 A, when a public industrial and commercial establishment subject to corporation tax under ordinary law draws u…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-21-1

For all life insurance policies with a surrender or transfer value and for all capitalisation policies, the surrender or transfer value, where applicable, is equal to the difference between the curren…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-11

…e date of alienation by letter, message on a durable medium or the means provided for in article L. 113-14. No indemnity may be paid to the insurer in the above cases of cancellation. All the provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-14

…ew of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company. Where the application of an accounting requirement is not sufficient to give the true and fair view referred to in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-14

…revious paragraph, or if the information given in the reports referred to in the previous paragraph calls for observations on his part, the statutory auditor shall indicate this in a report to the dir…

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