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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-12

I.-When the intermediaries referred to in 3° or 4° of the I of article R. 511-2 and their employees carry on the business of distribution as an ancillary activity to their main professional activity a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12

The apprenticeship contract must state the date on which performance of the apprenticeship contract, the period of practical training on the employer's premises and the period of training in the appre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-12

The court will rule on the objection regardless of the amount of benefits claimed. The court's judgment replaces the order for payment. If the amount of the claim exceeds the amount for which the cour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disposal of anatomical parts.

Article R1335-12

Anatomical parts of animal origin intended for abandonment are sent to rendering plants in accordance with the provisions of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article D626-12

…in article D. 626-14, including by electronic means. This referral must be made within five months of the date on which the procedure is opened, failing which it will be time-barred. It may not be ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-12

The decision by which the court terminates the proceedings pursuant to Article L. 622-12 is immediately followed by an end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the conditio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-12

The inalienability measure provided for in Article L. 642-10 is, at the behest of the administrator or, failing this, the liquidator, mentioned in the public registers in which the assets declared ina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Availability of beneficiaries' rights

Article R3313-12

I.-The profit-sharing agreement sets out how each beneficiary is to be informed. This information relates in particular to : 1° The sums allocated under the profit-sharing scheme; 2° The amount that t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of drinking establishments

Article R4153-12

The Prefect may withdraw or suspend the authorisation if the conditions required for the care of the minor are no longer such as to ensure his or her health, safety and physical or moral integrity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Professional qualifications of personnel.

Article R2112-12

…lishment or consultation, persons who are not doctors must meet the conditions for practising the profession of nursery nurse. The same provision applies to private bodies which support or supplement…

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