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

Article R112-4

For the purposes of article L. 112-2-1, the insurer must provide the policyholder with the following information: 1° The procedures for taking out the contract and paying the premium or contribution.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent to prosecution or enforcement of a sentence for another offence

Article 728-27

Where, before or after the transfer of the sentenced person, the competent authority of the administering State requests the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office to agree that the sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Denunciation by all signatory employers or employees.

Article L2261-10

Where the denunciation is made by all the signatory employers or all the signatory employees, the agreement or arrangement continues to have effect until the entry into force of the agreement or arran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-2

The purpose of an interprofessional ambulatory care company is :1° The pooling of resources to facilitate the exercise of the professional activity of each of its members;2° The joint practice, by its…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1-A

The court-appointed administrator may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-10

Court-appointed administrators and court-appointed representatives not registered on the national lists, appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 or the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-3

Tests, the collection and processing of biological signals for the purposes of screening, diagnostic orientation or immediate therapeutic adaptation do not constitute a medical biology examination. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article D2311-14

For the application of Article L. 2311-6, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-20-3

The persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall take measures to determine whether the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitalisation contracts and, where applicable, their ben…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article D2242-13

When the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment intends to impose the penalty referred to in Article L. 2242-7, he shall inform the employer, by any means that…

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