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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-6

In the absence of legislative provisions to the contrary, the validity of the pre-electoral agreement concluded between the employer and the trade union organisations concerned is subject to its signa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-14

…t the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine having objected to the implementation of the protocol, or the declaration provided for in Article L. 2151-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: The profession of genetic counsellor

Article L1132-6

When the authorisation to practise or the declaration of provision of services is issued, the genetic counsellor must have the language skills required to practise the profession and those relating to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-8

Where a contract covering civil liability arising from the use of motor vehicles other than the carrier's civil liability is taken out under the freedom to provide services within the meaning of artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-7

The medical physicist, when the authorisation to practise or the declaration of provision of services is issued, must have the language skills necessary to practise the profession and those relating t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-8

When the authorisation to practise or the declaration of provision of services is issued, the optician must have the language skills required to practise the profession and those relating to the syste…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-15

…tion which include at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants or more, and which have their own tax system, the summary data relating to the financial situation to be produced are those in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-5

…icipal resources) are distributed among the municipalities and public establishments with their own tax status in metropolitan France according to the following procedures:1° Benefiting from an alloca…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 867

…is allotted his debt only if, when balanced, the account shows a balance in favour of the undivided estate.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-10-1

…companies in accordance with the same rules and subject to the same guarantees and penalties as the tax on insurance contracts provided for in article 991 of the General Tax Code. It is collected annu…

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