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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1

Under the conditions laid down in Chapter I of Title VI of Book III of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the National Agricultural Risk Management Fund contributes to the development of insu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article L822-11

The members and staff of the commission mentioned in article L. 822-4 are bound by professional secrecy with regard to facts, acts and information of which they may have become aware by reason of thei…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-40

…on to its chair and the Minister for Women's Rights, who is an ex officio member, it comprises :1° Eleven representatives from the sports movement:a) Two representatives of sportsmen and women and one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Private healthcare establishments of collective interest

Article D6161-4

The decision-making body of the not-for-profit organisation managing one or more private healthcare establishments of collective interest deliberates on an institutional project, after obtaining the o…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

The public prosecutor, as long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, may propose, directly or through an authorised person, a penal composition to a natural person who admits having commit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Regional centres for occupational and environmental pathologies

Article R1339-4

The Minister for Health and the Minister for Labour may give one or more of the centres mentioned in Article R. 1339-1 the task of carrying out studies and work on occupational and environmental patho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article D521-4

The minister ordering an inspection pursuant to articles L. 521-18 or L. 521-26 chooses the authorised body on the basis of its competence and the nature of the product or service concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits for expert appraisals

Article R2315-47

The expert submits his report at the latest fifteen days before the expiry of the deadlines for consultation of the Social and Economic Committee mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-48

No special benefits may be stipulated for founders in the draft Articles of Association.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-46

The companies referred to in this section may be formed either by a public deed or by a private deed drawn up in duplicate, irrespective of the number of signatories to the deed.

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