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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-41-1

I. - Notwithstanding any provision or stipulation to the contrary, the general meeting of any of the persons referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 may delegate to the competent body its authority to d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope, definitions and professional and organisational requirements

Article R511-3

I - The remuneration referred to in III of article L. 521-1 refers to any commission, fee, other type of payment or benefit of any kind, economic or otherwise, offered or provided in connection with i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-16

The amount of bonuses may be allocated directly to the mathematical provisions or transferred, in whole or in part, to the provision for bonuses referred to in article R. 343-3. Amounts transferred to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-5

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask a hospital involved in a restructuring operation to cut jobs and revise its multiannual contract of objectives and resources. The Director Ge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-12

The information recorded in the processing is kept in the active database until the prosecution is terminated or, where a case has been referred to a court, until the last court to which the case was…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-31-1

I.- Candidates who have never carried out expert appraisals or whose expert appraisals submitted when applying for inclusion on the list referred to inarticle L. 1142-11 do not allow them to be consid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-22

The authorised establishment or body sends the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-132

I.-Where a registration has been made or an authorisation issued for a limited period, it may be renewed at the request of the person responsible for the nuclear activity, submitted no later than six…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Compensation for loss of income.

Article R2123-11

I. - To benefit from the financial compensation provided for by article L. 2123-3, an elected representative who does not receive an official allowance and who is an employee must prove to the local a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-32 bis

Electronic communication with the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay Parking Litigation Commission) may take place, under conditions set by joint order of the Minister of Justice a…

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