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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-43

The employer informs the employee of the application for recognition of the severity of the disability.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-46

The decision taken by the association referred to in Article L. 5214-1 is substantiated and then notified to the applicant. If the applicant is the employer, it will immediately inform the beneficiary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biological diagnosis performed on cells taken from an in vitro embryo

Article R162-44

Subject to having been approved under the conditions provided for in 7° of this article, the multidisciplinary centre for prenatal diagnosis of the territorial public health establishment of Mayotte h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-4

The Solvency Capital Requirement calculated in accordance with the standard formula is the sum of the following elements: a) The Basic Solvency Capital Requirement provided for in Article R. 352-5 ; b…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 412-13

…ramming of short cinematographic works is awarded in consideration of : 1° The cinematographic establishment's membership of an organisation that organises and promotes the screening of short cinemato…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations relating to the freezing of assets

Article R775-40

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

The persons mentioned in the article L. 135 ZC du livre des procédures fiscales shall respond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-4

Jurisdictional challenges are governed by Articles 75 to 99 of the Code of Civil Procedure subject to the provisions of Articles R. 611-23-1, R. 662-5 to R. 662-7 and R. 662-18.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-88

…the production companies and the directors.However, the beneficiaries of the aid are the directors alone when the short cinematographic or audiovisual works have been produced by associations or indiv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-45

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations specifies the nomenclature of interest-bearing sight and term bank accounts opened in its books, intended to receive funds deposited pursuant to articles L. 622-…

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