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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-13

Dental assistants may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where he obtained it. Where the evidence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Ambulance drivers

Article L4393-4

Ambulance drivers may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evidence…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

The Statutory Auditors' special report provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 225-40 and the third paragraph of article L. 225-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the inf…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-93

The mutual insurance companies referred to in article L. 322-26-4 are associations which : 1° Guarantee to their members, in return for payment of a variable premium, full settlement of their commitme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-106

Surplus income may be distributed only after the reserves prescribed by the laws and regulations in force have been set up, after any loans taken out have been repaid and after the regulatory provisio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-49

An insurance undertaking may only sell options in the following cases: a) To sell an option previously acquired within the framework defined by Articles R. 332-45 to R. 332-48; b) Sell an option when…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-18

The core capital referred to in Article L. 351-6 is made up of the following elements: 1° The excess of assets over prudential liabilities, valued in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of this chapter;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-43

Where the equalisation adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-4, the volatility adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-6 or the transitional measures referred to in Articles L. 351-4 and L. 351-5…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-6

If the guarantee fund intends to contest the validity of one of the exceptions mentioned in article R. 421-5, invoked by the insurer, or if it is unable to take a final decision on the matter, it must…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-15

The Estates Department will provide an estimate of the value of the agricultural or forestry land affected by the claim for compensation, in the event that the damage has not occurred, within two mont…

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