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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portfolio transfers.

Article L364-1

The transfer of all or part of a portfolio of insurance contracts concluded in the territory of the French Republic under the right of establishment or the freedom to provide services from an insuranc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Customer due diligence and liability.

Article L4231-1

Any client or instructing party, informed in writing by an inspecting officer referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 of this code, of the fact that employees of its co-contractor or of a direct or indirec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-1

I.-For the duration of the research referred to in 1° of article L. 1121-1, the sponsor provides free of charge the investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, the ancillary medicinal pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4822-1

…cian, the administrative authority may authorise a physician with training in occupational medicine to practise as an occupational physician without holding the special diploma provided for in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital variable d'actionnariat salarié (open-ended investment companies with employee share ownership)

Article L214-166

The purpose of a SICAV may be to manage a portfolio of financial securities issued by the company or by any company affiliated to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-1

…en Polynésie française et en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 352-2, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Refusal and termination

Article L551-15

Material reception conditions may be refused, in whole or in part, to the applicant in the following cases:1° He refuses the region of orientation determined in application of article L. 551-3;2° He r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article L522-15

General warehouse operators are responsible, within the limits of the declared value, for the custody and preservation of the warehouses entrusted to them. They are not liable for natural damage and w…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-11

…rd may have it withdrawn if he has employed a foreign worker in breach of the provisions of article L. 8251-1 of the Labour Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: General provisions

Article L512-105

For the purposes of the last five paragraphs of article L. 512-1, cooperative banks are, for the savings bank network, the savings and provident institutions and the local savings companies affiliated…

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