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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-108

The procedures for applying the rules relating to building savings accounts are set out in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

The work permit provided for in Article R. 5221-1 is waived for: 1° Nationals of the Member States of the European Union, the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-9

Title V of Book II of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-45

When the president of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile decides to use an audiovisual means of communication to hold hearings under the conditions provided for in Article L. 532-13, the applicant is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D123-235

…d of a company in its dealings with the administrations, persons or bodies listed in Article L. 123-32 is the identity number assigned to it when it is entered in the register of companies and their e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Transport and escort of prisoners hospitalised in specially adapted units

Article R3214-21

The provisions relating to the transport of detainees between a specially adapted unit and a prison or a place of consultation or hospitalisation outside the unit for somatic reasons are set out in ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-2

…contract of association or, in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle, with the local civil code. School and university federations and unions are subject to the provisions of this code an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Equipment and property leasing companies

Article L515-2

…ferred to in article L. 312-2, companies which manage, on a regular basis, companies created with a view to carrying out the transactions referred to in article L. 313-7, even if not on a regular basi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-1

This chapter applies to compulsory group contracts covering death, physical injury, maternity, incapacity for work or invalidity. It also applies to optional group contracts covering these same risks,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-5

…tion on the part of a member who has not acted in bad faith shall not render the insurance null and void. If it is established before the risk materialises, the insurance undertaking has the right to…

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