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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-14

Claims for compensation must be accompanied by a copy of the court decision or a certified copy of the deed of settlement for the final determination of the compensation.If the guarantee fund is unabl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Domiciliation

Article R551-14

Organisations under agreement pursuant to article L. 550-2 provide domiciliation for asylum seekers who are referred to them by the French Office for Immigration and Integration. They may only refuse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-14

…y authorise the person in custody to communicate with that person in accordance with II of article 63-2. The provisions of Article 706-112-1 and of this Article shall also apply in the event of the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-14

The training period is supplemented by training activities, the content, organisation and implementation procedures of which are determined by the regional council in accordance with the training regu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

…France region and the financial potential per inhabitant of the municipality defined in article L. 2334-4 ;2° Ratio between the average per capita income of the municipalities in the Ile-de-France reg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-14

…In particular, no later than three months after the expiry of the deadline set in I of Article L. 324-12, they shall make easily accessible online to the rightholders they represent, to the entities…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R591-14

…placed by references to the State services in the collectivity; 2° Article R. 521-7 does not apply; 3° In the second paragraph of Article R. 521-8, the word "other" is deleted; 4° In Article R. 521-9,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R742-14

…y; 2° If he or she interrupts his or her traineeship for more than one year without a valid reason; 3° If he or she does not validate the additional traineeship provided for in Article R. 742-15-1. Th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-14

…culture available to the public in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 612-42 and R. 612-43.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-14

…within two months of the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 1142-10. It shall ask the beneficiary to provide the income used to calculate the penalty in accordan…

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