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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-9

…ust provide evidence of : 1° Either a work placement of a reasonable and sufficient duration, which may not be less than 150 hours. The work placement, the principles of which are set out in article R…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe I

…ED IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 FOR COMPANIES WITH MORE THAN 250 EMPLOYEES 1. Reference period The employer may choose a period of twelve consecutive months as the reference period for calculating the indicat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D422-7

…nsions, or improvements to existing facilities, or through the creation of new facilities, but they may not, under any circumstances, be intended to provide for the simple maintenance of these facilit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…sisting of a series of individual events or competitions, the competent federation or the organiser may decide to cancel all individual results obtained by the athlete during this event, with all the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…per year.As of 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte and, as of 1 January 2020, the Department of Reunion, are no longer eligible for the fund me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-1

…ision, the obligation to provide information on the transfer values mentioned in Article L. 132-5-3 may be validly fulfilled in b of 3° of the model prospectus attached to Article A. 132-4 as follows.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

When it is in possession of the necessary information, the Criminal Appeals Chamber shall decide, within a maximum of fifteen days, whether to recognise the decision sentencing the person to a custodi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

Discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1) 73 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall be consistent with the economic strategy…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Penalties.

Article R310-22

Any manager of an undertaking subject to State supervision by virtue of Article L. 310-1 and of a supplementary occupational pension fund who fails to comply with the obligations or prohibitions resul…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

In order to relaunch the production and preparation of audiovisual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applicat…

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