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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

…ty insurance contracts covering property located on French territory and falling under classes 3 to 9 of article R. 321-1, as amended on the date of publication of the amending finance law 2013-1279 o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article R124-2

…8° Constructor of a work mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R441-5

…reference to article L. 160-1 of the Social Security Code is replaced by the reference to article 19 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health in Mayotte;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

…against money laundering and terrorist financing or by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-8

…ctions provided for in articles L. 5212-10-1, L. 5212-11 and the third paragraph of article L. 5212-9, calculated in accordance with the provisions of article D. 5212-20 ; -the amount of the non-cappe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-19

…the temporary waiting allowance and the length of time they have been in receipt of this allowance; 9° Where applicable, an indication of whether the person is recognised as a beneficiary of the oblig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…nt-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. It is endowed with €500 million per year.As of 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte and, as of 1 January…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-12

…twithstanding the provisions of article L. 122-2, local semi-public sports companies formed before 29 December 1999 may retain their previous legal status. The provisions of articles L. 122-3, L. 122-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Harvest

Article 466

…he obligations laid down in Articles 8 to 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and are liable to the same duties as wines at the rate of one hectolitre of wine per 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Temporary secondment to a post of university hospital practitioner.

Article R6152-60

…ppointed as university hospital practitioners, pursuant to article 82 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff at university hospitals, are simultaneously ap…

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