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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-5

I.-In each currency, the equalisation adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-4 is calculated in accordance with the following principles: 1° The equalisation adjustment must be equal to the differen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

…any's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second paragraph of Article L. 225-197-1 is not applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market. I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…agraph is considered to be a digital book publisher within the meaning of article 2 of law no. 2011-590 of 26 May 2011 relating to the price of digital books.The exploitation of the work under the con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-5

…cations, their groupings, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy and the collectivity of Saint-Martin may, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, award subsidies to existing establishment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article L5842-5

I. - The articles L. 5211-12 to L. 5211-15 are applicable in French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 relating to involvement in local life and the proxi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-59

…until a new executive committee is elected. During the term of office, the President of CCI France may propose to the General Meeting that the composition of the executive committee be changed, or th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 septies

…the Conseil d'Etat. III. - No dismissal or professional downgrading, nor any disciplinary sanction may be pronounced against a reservist customs officer due to absences resulting from the present art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-5

The Director General of the Mayotte Regional Health Agency sets the fees for services provided by public health establishments by order. These rates are used as the basis for :1° Invoicing for patient…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-5

…olumn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-12 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-12-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 313-12-2 Order no. 2013-544 of 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-54

…aid down in article 11 of decree no. 73-138 of 12 February 1973 implementing the law of 1 August 1905 on fraud and falsification with regard to the processes and products used for cleaning materials a…

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