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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57

…spectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 not to publish information in the report on the solvency and financial position at group level referred to in Article L. 356-23, under…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-4

…only be carried out by a magistrate in the presence of the Chairman of the National Defence Secrecy Commission. The Chairman may be represented by a member of the Commission or by delegates duly autho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-15

…General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall inform the competent authorities of the Member States and the States party to the Agreement on the European Eco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Termination of service

Article R6152-933

…cases: 1° In the event of refusal of a place of assignment for the adaptation period or refusal to complete the skills consolidation programme under the conditions provided for in II of article R. 41…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 septies

…of this article. The asset(s) given or received in exchange for the farmland may also be shares in companies whose main activity is agricultural within the meaning of Article 63 or whose main purpose…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 160 A

I. When a company has offered its employees stock options under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-184 of the French Commercial Code or where one or more shareholders or unit hold…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-5

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the approval o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH OVER-INDebtedness

Article L732-2

The contractual plan may include measures to defer or reschedule debt payments, to forgive debts, to reduce or eliminate the interest rate, to consolidate, and to create or substitute collateral.The p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Leave to validate acquired experience

Article L6422-1

When an employee has all or part of his acquired experience validated during working time and at his own initiative, he is entitled to leave for this purpose. The employee applies to the employer for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-12

…t's head office is located, after consulting the establishment's supervisory board, the specialised commission for the organisation of care of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy and the mu…

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