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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

…italisation contracts where a unit of account is made up of units in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to articles L. 160-14 and L. 16…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L3222-2

…lties provided for by law. However, if the time limit stipulated in the second paragraph of article L. 3222-1 has not been respected, the court may order a new and final adjournment and set a new time…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-15

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention sets : 1° The period during which leave may be taken ; 2° The order of departures during this period; 3° The dea…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Non-compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L181-1

1° Where the risk is situated within the meaning of article L. 310-4 in the territory of the French Republic and the policyholder has his principal residence or place of management there, the applicab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-16

…duties of regional councillor are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in article L. 4135-15 the following scale: REGIONAL POPULATION (inhabitants) Maximum Rates (in %) Less than 1 m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-1

…nual allocation. The total amount of these allocations is included in the target defined in article L. 174-1-1 of the Social Security Code. Its amount and the total annual amount of authorised hospita…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3133-11

…st May ; 2° Work on a rest day granted under the collective agreement concluded pursuant to article L. 3121-44; 3° Or any other arrangement allowing the work of seven hours previously not worked in ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-14

The provisions of Article L. 1411-13 apply to the public administrative establishments of municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants or more, to the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation an…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article L133-14

…recognise the efforts made by the municipalities and parts of municipalities referred to in article L. 133-13 to structure a tourism offer of excellence; 2° To encourage and promote the implementation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Withdrawal of approval

Article L383-1

Without prejudice to Article L. 612-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 382-1 of this Code may be withdrawn by the Autorité de contrôle p…

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