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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-54

…same company or several companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 is taken into account in the ceiling mentioned in 1° of article R. 332-3-1. Positive realisable v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article L731-4

…rcial chamber, with the exception of articles L. 721-1, L. 721-2, L. 722-3, and L. 722-11 to L. 722-13. However, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 722-14, the duties of juges-commissaires m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Automatic processing of personal data known as "VISABIO

Article R142-8

The rights of information, access, rectification and limitation may be exercised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Directorate of French Nationals Abroad and Consular Administration), the Ministry…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-9

…ice-chairman called upon to chair the meeting of the Conciliation and Steering Committee, the chair may be held by a councillor who is a member of the assembly to which the defaulting chairman or vice…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-20

…4453-16, when the preventive measures and means put in place by the employer under Article R. 4453-13 do not enable exposure to be kept below the exposure limit values relating to sensory effects and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-29

Without prejudice to the penalties that the university courts may impose on the person concerned in application of the provisions of Decree no. 92-657 of 13 July 1992 relating to disciplinary procedur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

I.-The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-4

…proof of the qualifications specified below for each of the job categories mentioned in article R. 113-2: 1° For categories 1 "head of department" and 1: a level 6, 7 and 8 diploma within the meaning…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collection of labile blood products.

Article R1222-21

…lishments, venous blood samples taken from the elbow and capillary blood samples taken from a donor may be taken, under the direction and responsibility of the doctor mentioned in article R. 1222-20,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…hich public health establishments manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1991 may apply for the authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-3;6° The conditions under which the…

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