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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-5

The transactions referred to in article R. 441-4 are carried out pursuant to agreements which must specify the operating procedures of the scheme, including in the cases of conversion provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-5

Without prejudice to the application of Article 434-29 of the Penal Code, in the event of a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour committed intentionally during a temporary absence, the court may de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information about accidents at work

Article R4121-5

…blishes that he was unable to learn of the death until after the expiry of this time limit. In this case, the twelve-hour time limit given to the employer to inform the Labour Inspectorate control off…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article R432-5

…ent permit may be withdrawn and replaced ipso jure by a temporary residence permit in the following cases: 1° The foreign national, holder of a resident permit, may not be subject to a deportation ord…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 572

…new kind, without either of the two materials being entirely destroyed, but in such a way that they cannot be separated without inconvenience, the thing is common to the two owners, in proportion, as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 575

When the thing remains in common between the owners of the materials from which it was formed, it must be licensed for the common benefit.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 566

…rent masters, which have been united so as to form a whole, are nevertheless separable, so that one can subsist without the other, the whole belongs to the master of the thing which forms the principa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 567

A main part is deemed to be that to which the other has been joined only for the use, ornament or complement of the first.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 569

If of two things united to form a single whole, one cannot be regarded as the accessory of the other, that one is deemed to be principal which is the more considerable in value, or in volume, if the v…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 570

…sed material which did not belong to him to form a thing of a new kind, whether or not the material can return to its first form, the person who was the owner of the material has the right to reclaim…

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