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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

…ons". 4° In article R. 2141-11: a) For its application in New Caledonia, the words: "by article 311-20 of the Civil Code and by articles 1157-2 and 1157-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure" are replaced…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-68

…section 5 of chapter II of title II of book IV of part five, with the exception of article L. 5422-20-1 and the second paragraph of article L. 5422-22, defines the terms and conditions for implementi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Exercise of the freedom to provide services and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-2

…y request the latter to provide assistance in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010. II.-Without prejudice to the provisions of I, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the division of powers between authorities

Article L515-5

…visions of that State adopted for the transposition of Chapters IV, V, VI and VII of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016. In this case, the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-33

…he persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 are part of a group within the meaning of Article L. 511-20, a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3, a group within the meaning of A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article R60-1

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I: Definition of overall net income

Article 1 A

…the partnership tax regime under the conditions set out in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and of the managers of limited partnerships with shares and, on the other han…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-8

…grity and security, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agents me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II. Declarations made by insurance companies, provident institutions, associations and mutual societies

Article 1649 ter

…h year in respect of these contracts:1° For non-redeemable life insurance contracts taken out since 20 November 1991, the cumulative amount of premiums paid between the policyholder's seventieth birth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-15-2

I. - When an eligible financial security or money market instrument referred to in article L. 214-20 includes a financial contract which simultaneously meets the three conditions mentioned below, the…

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