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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-12

In the case referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, where it considers that the group supervision carried out by the supervisory authority of the parent undertaking whose head office…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-12

…ll note this and set the date of cessation of payments under the conditions provided for in Article L. 631-8. It converts the safeguard proceedings into judicial recovery proceedings. If necessary, it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12

…cally relevant comparator.II. - Early access applies :1° Either, by way of derogation from articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1, to a medicinal product which does not have a marketing authorisation in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12

…e contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may be extended to the legal entities referred to in Article L. 612-26 located in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-12

…ive risk-based procedures, including procedures based on the risk assessment referred to in Article L. 561-4-1, to determine whether to carry out, reject or suspend a transfer of funds that is not acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-12

…ss the parties agree to a longer term. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 145-4 are applicable during the renewed lease. The new lease takes effect from the expiry of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-12

…to reserve their use for certain categories of services within the activities mentioned in article L. 1271-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-12

…th fewer than 3,500 inhabitants when a deliberation relates to an installation mentioned in article L. 511-1 of the Environment Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-12

…ployee's refusal to accept this modification constitutes neither misconduct nor grounds for dismissal. When the employer asks the employee to modify the distribution of his working hours in one of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-12

When the committee referred to in Article L. 6142-11 meets to settle difficulties arising from the implementation of the provisions relating to the teaching of pharmacy and biology to pharmacy student…

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