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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-19

The rules of the collective company pension savings plan determine the conditions under which employees are informed of its existence and content. If the plan is not set up by virtue of an agreement w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-19

…concluded between the freelance administration company and the freelance employee for the provision of services to one or more client companies. The provisions of Titles I, II and III of Book II of Pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Research, clinical investigations and performance studies covered by national defence secrets

Article L1123-19

…tudies covered by national defence confidentiality, the sponsor must notify the competent authority of all relevant information relating to the safety of the research, clinical investigation or perfor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-19

Articles L. 1336-5 to L. 1336-9 of this code are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-19

Any interested party may stand in for the policyholder to pay the premiums.

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

Article L160-19

…icle applies to undertakings for collective investment created in accordance with Article L. 160-10 of this Code, the units or shares of which constitute a unit of account in a life insurance contract…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-19

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 325-1, the resolution board may decide to withdraw all or part of the authorisation of a person subject to resolution proceedings, where appropriate a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-19

…e participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 : 1° Set up a risk management system at group level. This system shall be applie…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-19

Holiday subsidies may be granted by the bodies mentioned in article L. 411-18, within the limits of their competence, to all persons covered by these bodies, their spouses, their cohabitees or their p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: National guide-interpreter diploma.

Article D221-19

…ational guide-interpreter diploma confers on its holders the qualification required to obtain the professional card provided for in article R. 221-1.

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