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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-5

Mutual insurance companies may form a mutual insurance group with legal personality. The articles of association of this grouping may provide for it to be open to bodies in the following categories:1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Activities, holidays.

Article L850

For the purposes of this provision, sick leave and the leave referred to in articles L. 880 and L. 881 are considered as service completed. The administration retains complete freedom to stagger leave…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

I.-The provisions of Section 1 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-32

Apart from the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, at the written request of the owner of a patent or of a supplementary protection certificate attached t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

For the purposes of the supplementary supervision provided for in Chapter III of Title III of Book VI, the following definitions shall apply 1° Regulated entity : a) A credit institution referred to i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

An employee with one of the following mandates benefits from the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation proc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-3

The act of offering, acting as the owner's agent, an item of property by remote public auction by electronic means in order to auction it to the highest bidder constitutes a sale by auction by electro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-3

Where the insurance group company has a strong and lasting financial relationship with an undertaking which does not result from holdings within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 310-3, this relationsh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

The territorial collectivity of Corsica finances, builds, equips and maintains collèges, lycées, public vocational education establishments, artistic education establishments, special education establ…

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