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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2

…icles of association of any mutual insurance company that it shall be managed by a management board and a supervisory board. The introduction of this stipulation in the articles of association, or its…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L322-27-2

I. - The central body is responsible for ensuring the cohesion and smooth running of the network. It exercises administrative, technical and financial control over the organisation and management of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article L5422-2-2

The conditions of previous activity for opening or topping up entitlements and the duration of entitlement to insurance benefits may be adjusted to take account of cyclical indicators on employment an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1233-2-2

…y delivery against receipt. Within a period of fifteen days following notification of the dismissal and in the same manner, the employer may, on its own initiative, specify the reasons for the dismiss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-2

To allow the immediate application of the order provided for by articles D. 47-29 and D. 47-29-1, the public prosecutor shall inform the State representative or, in Paris, the police prefect in advanc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5422-2-2

…mployee of its decision by any means that provides a definite date for receipt of this notification and will inform the employee, where applicable, of the reasons for the refusal to certify the genuin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Disabled workers.

Article R5523-2-2

…f 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, to sickness, maternity, invalidity and death insurance, to the financing of social security in Mayotte and to the Mayotte social securi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 292

…ith the Community regulations in force.However, the tax base shall include:1° Taxes, duties, levies and other taxes that are due as a result of the importation, with the exception of value added tax i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article L112-2

…ompany. In particular, it decides on the general conditions for the allocation of financial support and approves the budget. At the initiative of the Chairman, strategic and budgetary guidelines are t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-25

…article L. 115-4 and the fourth paragraph of…

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