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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-126

Forest insurance savings accounts remain subject to this section as it stood prior to the entry into force of Decree no. 2015-31 of 15 January 2015 on the forestry investment and insurance account, un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-123

When withdrawals are made in order to use the sums under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 352-3 of the French Forestry Code, the total amount of these withdrawals may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-122

Deposits, withdrawals and transfers between the forestry and insurance investment account and the account holder's current account, as well as the terms and conditions governing interest on the accoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article R1312-12

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the Penal Code, for the offences defined in this chapter shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules applicable to pledges.

Article D514-12

If the institution loses all or part of the pledged item, the borrower is compensated by paying a sum equal to the appraised value of the item. This sum is increased by a fixed indemnity of 25%. The a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-12

The hourly rate of the partial activity allowance paid to the employer corresponds, for each employee authorised to be placed on partial activity, to a percentage of the previous gross hourly remunera…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D5151-12

The action financed in whole or in part by the rights acquired under the citizen commitment account is paid for under the conditions defined by Chapter III of Title II of Book III of Part Six of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Amending and cancelling declarations

Article D6351-12

The period referred to in 3° of Article L. 6351-4 is set at thirty days.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-1

I.-A patient's full hospitalisation may not continue without a decision on this measure having been taken by the liberty and custody judge, to whom the matter has first been referred by the director o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-3

If an appeal has been lodged on the basis of article L. 3211-12-1, the liberty and custody judge hearing the case may make the same decision in accordance with the procedure laid down in the same arti…

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