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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-5

…prudentiel et de résolution and the Minister for the Economy, specifying the number and outstanding amount of unpaid policies for which the member has exceeded retirement age, and the means used to in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article L351-2

…tial technical provisions, assessed in accordance with Article L. 351-1, corresponds to the current amount that undertakings would have to pay if they immediately transferred their commitments to anot…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

…rder lays down the conditions of the licence excluding those relating to the royalties to which its use gives rise. The licence takes effect on the date of the application for the ex officio licence.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-12

…rry out borrowings to finance the investments provided for in the budget and financial transactions useful for the management of borrowings, including interest rate and exchange rate hedging transacti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of principals and project owners.

Article L8222-1

When a contract is concluded, the subject of which is an obligation of a minimum amount with a view to the performance of work, the supply of services or the carrying out of a commercial act, and peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-11

The points registered in the professional prevention account are used as follows: 1° One point entitles the holder to 500 euros towards all or part of the costs of vocational training actions carried…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific procedures applicable to occupational health professionals, occupational health and prevention services and occupational health services in agriculture, providing enhanced individual monitoring of a worker exposed to ionising radiation

Article R4451-87

…I are specified in a written agreement between the head of the external company and the head of the user company. The draft agreement is sent to the company and external company occupational physician…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-9-1

…certifying bodies referred to in Article L. 6113-2 of this Code; 3° Comply with the requirements of tax and social security legislation; 4° Have produced all the supporting documents required; 5° Comp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bakers' names and signs

Article L122-17

…n and shaping as well as the baking of the bread at the place of sale to the final consumer may not use the appellation of "baker" and the commercial sign of "boulangerie" or a name likely to cause co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-6

…toriale.II. - The staff of public establishments for cultural or environmental cooperation of an industrial and commercial nature, with the exception of the director and the accounting officer, are su…

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