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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-41

…° to 6° of Article L. 311-1 subject to a resolution procedure, the resolution college may decide to use one or more liability management structures to which all or part of the portfolios of insurance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-17

The liberty and custody judge with jurisdiction to hear the appeal lodged on the basis of the article 803-8 by a person placed in pre-trial detention or extradition custody is that of the judicial cou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-9

Compensation or provisions allocated pursuant to articles 706-3 to 706-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are paid by the guarantee fund under the conditions set out in article R. 50-24 of the same…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-7

…dicial court. The application for legal aid interrupts the time limits provided for in the articles 706-5 and 706-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-7

…he training programme referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 3332-1-1 for the issue of a business licence consists of at least twenty hours of instruction spread over at least three days. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-41

…actively solicits mandates, by directly or indirectly proposing to one or more shareholders, in any form and by any means whatsoever, to receive a proxy to represent them at the meeting of a company r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article D34

…ial police officer in charge of executing a letter rogatory shall keep the instructing magistrate informed of his activities.He shall refer to him without delay any difficulties that may arise and see…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-3

…e surname, forenames, profession, residence, nationality, date and place of birth of each of the spouses, the date and place of marriage, as well as the same particulars, where applicable, for each of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-6-1

Persons providing information by canvassing or canvassing for veterinary medicinal products are required to satisfy qualification conditions defined by decree, which guarantee that they have sufficien…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial inspection

Article R4323-22

…is installed in accordance with the specifications set out, where applicable, in the manufacturer's instructions and can be used safely. This check is carried out under the same conditions as the peri…

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