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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…he termination of the contract, with the exception of the redundancy payment referred to in article L. 1234-9. This indemnity may be combined, where applicable, with the indemnities provided for in Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-17

…octor at the emergency medical assistance call reception and regulation centre mentioned in article L. 6311-2 who receives a call concerning a person will access that person's shared medical record, u…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-7

…er responsible for social security when they relate to operations mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 310-1. II - An order of the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Social Security sets th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1

The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-2 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de ré…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-2

…sociation, in accordance with conditions laid down by decree. The decisions referred to in articles L. 4311-16 and L. 4311-18 are taken by the Regional Council of the Association of Chiropodists under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-10

…and subject to the incompatibilities with regard to the participating companies set out in Article L. 822-11-3, draw up, under their responsibility, a written report on the terms of the merger.The me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

…educed by €32 million. This reduction relates to the compensation allowance provided for in Article L. 3334-7-1, in accordance with the last paragraph of the same Article L. 3334-7-1. In 2019, the amo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

…competence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in Arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and provide information

Article L7122-16

…ng arts entrepreneur without holding a valid activity declaration receipt as referred to in article L. 7122-3, or that it has not fulfilled the obligations set out in the third paragraph of I of artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…e access to information essential to interoperability under the conditions defined in 1° of Article L. 331-28 and in Article L. 331-29.The provisions of this chapter do not call into question the lega…

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