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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-3

Associations may be set up between mutual insurance companies providing the same type of insurance, the sole purpose of which is to reinsure in full the contracts underwritten by these mutual insuranc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-1

I.-Prior to the opening of the pharmaceutical file provided for in Article L. 1111-23, the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens shall individually inform the beneficiary of the health insurance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-7

As an exception to Article 712-10, only the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court has jurisdiction, the tribunal de l'application des peines de Paris and the chambre de l'application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-4

…basis, and the competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall consult each other with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management of paediatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-3

…ry. However, any doctor with at least six months' equivalent professional experience in paediatrics may also participate in the operation of the paediatric emergency unit, after registration on the du…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-72-2 or 706-72-3 by which an examining magistrate decides to relinquish jurisdiction or by which the examining magistrate of the Paris Judicial Court decide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19-2

In accordance with the second paragraph of article 446-1 of the Code of Civil Procedure , the Judgement Bureau may exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-20

The Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant is chaired by a magistrate of the administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal with the rank of president, appointed by decree of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-1-2

The articles of association of mutual insurance companies may specify a "raison d'être", consisting of the principles which they adopt and for which they intend to allocate resources in order to carry…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-19

…erinary medicinal products with a parallel import authorisation as provided for in Article R. 5141-123-12, customs officers check the corresponding parallel import authorisation number on the packagin…

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