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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-2

…Saint-Martin, the following days commemorating the abolition of slavery are public holidays: 1° 27 April in Mayotte ; 2° 22 May in Martinique ; 3° 27 May in Guadeloupe and Saint-Martin ; 4° 10 June i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-21

…a Member State of the European Union shall send the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 April at the latest, a file in duplicate comprising the documents mentioned in article A. 822-20. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-10

…ions provided for in article R. 3354-5, the second paragraph of article R. 3354-7, articles R. 3354-8 and R. 3354-9, or by a forensic doctor during a judicial autopsy. The specific methods for collect…

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

Article R351-9

…procedures laid down in Article 31 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 2° Inflation, including that affecting expenses and claims; 3° All payments to policyholders,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…5 of 16 February 2012 on the Higher Council of the State Civil Service, and Article 3 of Decree No. 2014-1379 of 18 November 2014 on the Higher Council of the Territorial Civil Service and the Nationa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-24

…undertakings from the requirements applicable to the internal model referred to in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. The detailed rules for the application of this Article are set out in Article 247 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-7

…oned in Ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-3

…y if the underlying exposures have been replaced or supplemented by new exposures after 31 December 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Equalisation of tax resources

Article L3662-7

…Lyon, the transfer duties on immovable property collected by the Rhône department in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are allocated 19.2% to the Rhône department and 80.8% to the Metropole of Lyon.

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