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

Article R424-16

The Prefect shall arrange for an assessment of the losses suffered by the farmers. To assess these losses, the scale provided for in article D. 361-14 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct allocations based on the production conditions of cinematographic works

Article 222-16

…re subject to the same payment and repayment conditions as investment allocations for distribution, of which they are an accessory.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-16

From the day of receipt of the injunction referred to in Article L. 1262-4-3, the employer posting employees and, where applicable, the principal contracting with the latter shall inform the project o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-16

…26-15, the registrar shall indicate in the register the information provided for in 1° to 5° and 7° of Article R. 526-3.The events and decisions provided for in articles L. 526-15 and L. 526-17 are al…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-16

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer makes available to the social and economic committee, with a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Screening for and treatment of certain sexually transmitted diseases

Article R2311-16

…ment activities referred to in article R. 2311-14 are subject to the supervision provided for in 4° of article R. 1421-6. The medical supervision defined in article L. 315-1 of the Social Security Cod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial organisational provisions specific to Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris

Article R6147-16

…ntrol at the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris is carried out under the conditions laid down by Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. The specific term…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article D775-16

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-16

The first directors or members of the Supervisory Board are designated in the Articles of Association.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-16

…sits is authorised to take legal action, both as plaintiff and defendant, and to exercise all means of enforcement in the name and on behalf of the société de crédit foncier.

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