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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee.

Article R512-15

…tment is renewed. III - The guarantor issues a financial guarantee certificate to the intermediary. IV - The guarantor may require the intermediary to produce all registers and accounting documents.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-10

…5° Foodstuffs and their components; 6° Animal feed and its components; 7° Waste governed by Title IV of Book V of the Environment Code.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Commissions

Article R2315-30

…II of Book III of Part Six; 2° Validation of acquired experience, provided for in Title II of Book IV of Part Six.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-4

…hip training is carried out in the border country, 2° and 3° of Article L. 6211-4 and Titles II and IV of this Book, with the exception of Articles L. 6222-18-2, L. 6222-34 and L. 6222-36-1 which appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article R642-1

…ccounts relating to the last three financial years and its projected accounts. Without prejudice to IV of Article L. 642-2, the offers and documents attached thereto shall only be communicated to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-7

…des impôts;- le montant de la dotation de compensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de Article 6 of Law no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986, as amended, on the initial finance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article D2573-6

…icated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in Ia to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2121-1 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 200…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 128

The judgment declaring absence carries with it, from the time of transcription, all the effects that the established death of the absent person would have had. The measures taken for the administratio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 112

…has ceased to appear at his place of domicile or residence without any news of him having been received, the guardianship judge may, at the request of the interested parties or the public prosecutor,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 114

…ision is to be made for the establishment of the children. He shall also specify how the administrative expenses are to be settled, as well as any remuneration that may be allocated to the person resp…

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