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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25

I.-The undertaking referred to in Article R. 356-8 or the participating undertaking referred to in II of Article R. 356-24 shall submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, on beha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289-1

If, because of absences or following striking off by the court, there remain, on the session list, fewer than twenty jurors or, when during the session the assize court must rule on an appeal, fewer t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-23

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded in accordance with an adapted procedure

Article R2181-2

Any candidate or tenderer whose application or tender has been rejected may obtain the reasons for this rejection within a period of fifteen days from receipt of its request to the purchaser.Where the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article D120-2

Assisted service, within the meaning of Article L. 120-1, is a sales method during which the product is packaged and immediately handed over to the consumer by a trader at the point of sale.In cases w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition (R).

Article R2511-2

In Paris arrondissement councils, Paris councillors take precedence over arrondissement councillors. In the arrondissement councils of Marseille and Lyon, the municipal councillors rank before the arr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article D3131-2

The derogations provided for in articles D. 3131-1 and D. 3131-4 to D. 3131-7 are subject to the allocation of at least equivalent periods of rest to the employees concerned. Where it is not possible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4211-2

For the purposes of this Title, "workplaces" means places intended to accommodate workstations, whether or not located in the buildings of the establishment, and any other place within the area of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Participation of midwives in the screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections

Article D4151-27

Screening for the sexually transmitted infections listed in table II of appendix 41-3 may be prescribed, in accordance with current recommendations, by midwives for their patients and their partners.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Participation of midwives in the screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections

Article D4151-28

The sexually transmitted infections listed in table III of appendix 41-3 may be treated by midwives as a first-line treatment, in accordance with current recommendations, for their patients and their…

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