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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Poison control centre.

Article D6431-59

The health agency poison control centre provided for in article L. 6431-3 is responsible for responding, particularly in an emergency, to any request for risk assessment and any request for an opinion…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-56

…ation of the termination, valuation and netting procedures, particularly in application of Articles L. 211-36 and L. 211-36-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The list of master agreements that mee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-5

…following a request for exoneration.Where the offence of driving without insurance provided for by L. 324-2of the Highway Code, the notice specifies that the fine is increased in accordance with arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-57

…quest of the management company before the end of the lock-up period provided for in VII of article L. 214-28.The fund rules define the terms and conditions under which interest is charged on amounts…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article R761-5

The market manager draws up an annual report under the conditions provided for in article L. 1411-3 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales and forwards it to the communes and the établiss…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-52

The obligation set out in article

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals doing a work placement in an establishment or undertaking of the group employing them

Article R421-51

…lication for a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30 is notified to the applicant in writing as soon as possible and no later than ninety days…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Optimisation of medical exposure to ionising radiation

Article R1333-57

The implementation of the optimisation principle referred to in 2° of Article L. 1333-2 aims to keep the dose of ionising radiation as low as reasonably achievable in order to obtain the medical infor…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-5

The request made pursuant to Article L. 642-6 is made by request of the assignee.The judgment amending the transfer plan is communicated by the registrar to the persons referred to in Article R. 621-7…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-54

…onvened. If the agenda includes a subject specifically concerning a profession mentioned in Article L. 561-2, the competent supervisory authority for that profession shall be convened. The meeting of…

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