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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R343-2-1

The provisions of this chapter are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-2

The State guarantee under Articles L. 431-4, L. 431-5, L. 431-9 and L. 431-10 of this Code gives rise to the payment of remuneration by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance. The terms and conditions for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-27-1

If the sentenced person refuses to have the device fitted, the sentence enforcement judge shall without delay organise the adversarial debate provided for by Article 712-6 to possibly decide on one of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D1-12-2

Accredited associations offer, if they have general accreditation, any person who has been the victim of a criminal offence and, if they have specialist accreditation, any person who has been the vict…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D47-1-2

Any European investigation order issued by one of the judicial authorities mentioned in Article 694-20 is drafted using the form set out in Annex A to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the Europ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D1233-2-1

I.-For the application of article L. 1233-4, the employer sends out personalised offers of redeployment or communicates the list of available offers to employees, and any updates to this list, by any…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1263-2-1

The company's representative on the national territory mentioned in II of article L. 1262-2-1 carries out on behalf of the employer the obligations incumbent upon him pursuant to article R. 1263-1. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R711-2-1

Local chambers of commerce and industry are established by decree. The decree shall in particular determine the constituency and location of the local chamber of commerce and industry.When a territori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D712-14-2

Special circumstances within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 711-8 :1° The chamber's intervention in support of economic activity in its district in the event of economic change seriously affecting th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-20-1

Draft resolutions relating to investments covered by the multiannual investment programme of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry are forwarded to the regional chamber one month before the g…

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