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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee.

Article R512-15

…ommitment, which takes effect on 1st March for a period of twelve months, is tacitly renewed on 1st January of each year. The amount of the guarantee is revised when the commitment is renewed. III - T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-44

…age and processing of personal data of the nature mentioned in I of Article 6 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms are authorised solely for the purposes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R4623-2

…e practising as an occupational physician in application ofarticle 28 of law no. 98-535 of 1st July 1998 orarticle 189 of law no. 2002-73 of 17th January 2002 on social modernisation; 3° Hold a qualif…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-86

…sferee is first approved by the company under the conditions set out in premier alinéa de l'article 19 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. The proposed transfer is notified to the company and to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-14

…134-125, may allocate work integration aid on behalf of the State in application of article L. 5134-19-1, as part of the work integration missions that the State entrusts to them by means of an agreem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

…rticles R. 131-32, R. 131-33 and, where applicable, those mentioned in articles R. 331-7 and R. 331-19 ; 7° Where applicable, the agreement linking the federation to its territorial or national bodies…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…penditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of Article 31 of Commission Re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14, 15, 19,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…authorisation for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting a right in rem who, on 1st January of the year of taxation, has a taxable premises.III.-The tax is due:1° For office premises,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-17

…stered office or on the internet site of the associations under the conditions of article annexe 30-19.

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