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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article Annexe R344-7

…e of coke and refined petroleum products 20 Chemicals and chemical products 21 Pharmaceuticals 7 22-23 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products and other non-metallic mineral products 8 24-25 Manufa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-21

…basis of assessment may validly result from an assignment of a claim provided for in Article L. 313-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code when it is made pursuant to a framework agreement entered into…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R152-2

…eted; 6° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 are deleted; 7° The references to the commander of the gendarmerie group are replaced…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R762-3

…or the Swiss Confederation. "3° In article R. 722-1, the words: "by Council Decision 2004/191/EC of 23 February 2004 setting out the criteria and practical arrangements for the compensation of the fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-4

…ell as the proportion of the emoluments, indemnities and allowances provided for in article R. 6152-23 and related costs to be borne by each of them.In accordance with article L. 1435-5-1 and as part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-17

…y, delegate his signature to one or more of the management staff mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-23 and to the pharmacist mentioned in the third paragraph of article D. 6431-58.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations and filings concerning natural persons

Article R123-244

…e or more other companies, the existence of the domiciliation contract provided for in articles R. 123-167 and R. 123-168, the date on which it was signed, the name or corporate name of the domiciliar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1759-0 A

Infringements of the obligation to make the withholding tax provided for in Article 1671 and the reporting obligations provided for in Article 87-0 A will result in the application of a fine which, wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: College of employees

Article R1441-6

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations pursuant to Article R. 1441-5, the seat is awarded to the trade union organisation that obtained the most votes cast for that section. In the ev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Prosecution and jurisdiction

Article 692

In the cases provided for in the previous chapter, no proceedings may be brought against a person who can prove that he or she has been finally tried abroad for the same acts and, in the event of conv…

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