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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-5

…raft terms of merger are drawn up by the board of directors or management board of each of the mutual insurance companies involved in the merger. It shall contain the following particulars 1° The form…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, as well as the conditions for granting, modifying and withdrawing the approval…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Members of the joint regional interprofessional committee

Article L2412-16

The fixed-term employment contract of an employee who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1 may only be terminated before its term due to seriou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules governing the use of the reserve

Article L3134-1

I.-The health reserve is called upon by reasoned order of the Minister for Health. The order determines the duration of the mobilisation of reservists as well as the authority to which they are assign…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L651-1

For the application of articles L. 614-1 à L. 614-4 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 20…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-17

It is instituted an additional tax of 15% to the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax collected in the Ile-de-France region by the municipalities mentioned in article L. 2333-26 as well as by the publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-13

The company's contribution may not replace any of the remuneration elements, such as those taken into account to determine the basis of contributions defined inarticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation through payment of an annual contribution.

Article L5212-10

The methods for calculating the annual contribution, which may not exceed the limit of 600 times the minimum hourly growth wage per beneficiary not employed, are determined by decree. For companies th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

Article L435-1

A foreign national whose application for residence is based on humanitarian considerations or is justified on the basis of the exceptional grounds he or she has put forward may be issued with a tempor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals whose state of health requires medical treatment

Article L425-10

The foreign parents of a foreign minor who meets the conditions laid down in article L. 425-9, or the foreign national who holds a court order granting him or her parental authority over the minor, wi…

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