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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17-1

When the Regional Commission considers that the worsening of the damage resulting from a nosocomial infection causes the victim to suffer permanent physical or mental harm in excess of the percentage…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Legal framework for validation of prior learning

Article L6412-1-1

The ministry or certifying body provided for in article L. 6113-2 which decides on the admissibility of an application may take into account activities mentioned in article L. 6411-1, of a different n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-1

Two or more undertakings referred to in Articles L. 310-1 or L. 310-1-1, insurance group companies referred to in Article L. 322-1-2, mutual insurers or unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article R820-1-1

For the purposes of this Title, the term "engagements" means the engagements referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 820-1-1 and the term "services" refers to services and attestations provid…

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

Article R351-10

When calculating their prudential technical provisions, within the meaning of Article L. 351-2, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall take account of the value of financial guarantees and any o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Cognitive acts

Article 1380

The recognitive deed does not dispense with the presentation of the original title unless its content is specially stated therein. What it contains that is additional to or different from the original…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346

Subrogation takes place by operation of law alone in favour of the person who, having a legitimate interest therein, pays whenever his payment discharges from liability to the creditor the person on w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

I.-The participation of an insurance undertaking in a trust contract formed for the purpose of reorganisation pursuant to Article L. 311-41 is valued for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a particip…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R385-17

I. - Articles R. 355-1, R. 355-1-1 and R. 355-6 are applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds.For the application of the previous paragraph, the reference to article L. 355-1 is replaced…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-1

I.-The composition of the college of supervisors referred to in Article L. 356-7-1 includes the group supervisor, the supervisory authorities of all the Member States in which the subsidiary insurance…

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