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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-4

The guarantee fund is a legal entity under private law. It is managed by a Management Board acting under the supervision of a Supervisory Board. The members of the Management Board and the Supervisory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-4

Employers or, in the case of public sector employees, the hierarchical authority, are required to allow their employees or agents who are members of a council of the Bar, the time necessary to attend…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-41

When a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status already exercises, on behalf of the communes that make it up, the competencies set by the present code for another ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions.

Article L6324-4

Where retraining or promotion through work-linked training includes training courses, these combine general, vocational and technological education provided by public or private training bodies or, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-4

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-42

The urban community may be dissolved at the request of the municipal councils of the communes that it brings together, deciding by a vote of at least two thirds of the municipal councils of the commun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Operation

Article L7323-4

Sessions of the Congress of Elected Representatives shall be public.However, at the request of five members or the Chairman, the Congress of Elected Representatives may decide, without debate, by an a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment of personal transport costs.

Article L3261-4

The amount, terms and conditions and criteria for payment of the costs mentioned in articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-1 are determined by company agreement or by inter-company agreement, and failing th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article L123-41

Registrations of information and filings of documents in the national register of companies are validated by the clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters com…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Administrative police measures

Article L532-4

Failure to carry out measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 521-23 and L. 521-24 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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