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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-101

Mutual insurance companies may only be validly constituted if they have at least three hundred members. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…le.Correspondence in a foreign language is transcribed into French with the assistance of an interpreter requested for this purpose.On pain of nullity, correspondence with a lawyer relating to the exe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-10

…ompensation or provisions paid to the civil party pursuant to article L. 422-7. This percentage is set by order of the Insurance Minister. For sums recovered by the fund in excess of the compensation,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-10

…e's Director General is responsible for the Centre's affairs other than those listed in Article L. 6162-9. He is responsible for the general management of the establishment and reports to the Board of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-10

…s apart, in two legal announcement media in the département of the registered office and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company's bonds are admitted to trading on a regulat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Samples taken from a deceased person.

Article R1211-10

…costs of preserving and restoring the body after the removal procedure. It also covers the cost of returning the donor's body to his family in such a way that the family does not have to incur any exp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-10

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Workers authorised to carry out operations on or near electrical installations

Article R4544-10

…y out. Before issuing the authorisation, the employer must ensure that the worker has received theoretical and practical training that provides him with knowledge of the risks associated with electric…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-10

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-21, the information contained in the database covers the current year, the two preceding years and, as may be envisaged, the following…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-10

…r expansion of economic activities in the regional aid areas delimited by Decree no. 2022-968 of 30 June 2022 on regional aid areas and investment aid areas for small and medium-sized enterprises for…

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