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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-20

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person who has been released on parole, unless this measure has been revoked. When security detention is ordered in respect of a person who has been se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-25

The General Meeting is made up of all the members of the Group. It is convened by the group's administrator as often as the group's interests require and at least once a year. It may also be convened…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Commitments and technical provisions

Article A343-1-3

When the company decides to apply the provisions of article R. 343-6, it shall open an account, the balance of which may not at any time be in credit or exceed the total unrealised loss referred to in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-6

Articles A. 111-2 to A. 111-5 apply to group insurance contracts and memberships concluded or taken out no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and memberships tacitly renewed after this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-20

The estimated remunerated staffing table shows, for each of the estimated profit and loss accounts and by grade, qualification or status, the number of medical and non-medical staff whose remuneration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders

Article A526-7

The descriptive statement of business assets provided for in II of article D. 526-30 and intended for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales contains the following i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-20

I.-"Identification of list A materials and products containing asbestos" means the task of : 1° Searching for the presence of list A materials and products that are accessible without destructive work…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-20

I.-When it is granted authorisation under the conditions set out in Article L. 324-8-3, the collective management organisation must publish the following information without delay on its website, in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Commercial facilities.

Article A750-6

Persons who so request may be provided with the following information: A. - Categories of information recorded in connection with the processing of applications: A-1. Description of the application A-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-20

During the course of the treatment order, the attending physician may decide to interrupt the person's treatment. He then informs the coordinating doctor and the person without delay by registered let…

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