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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15

The duration of the contract must be clearly stated in the font. The policy must also state that the tacit renewal period may under no circumstances exceed one year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Customer compensation.

Article L7313-15

Customer compensation is not the same as compensation for unfair termination of a permanent employment contract or compensation for early termination of a fixed-term employment contract.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-15

Where the injunction to do so has been complied with within the time allowed, the case shall be withdrawn from the roll by the president of the court. Otherwise, the court clerk shall record the failu…

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

Article D553-15

In the event of divorce, legal or de facto separation of spouses or cessation of cohabitation, the recipient who benefits from the child being taken into account in calculating the amount of the allow…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-15

The keeping of the register of administrative accounts may be delegated. In this case, the delegation contract specifies the procedures for informing the delegatee. The details of the person responsib…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-15

The guarantee institutions referred to in article L. 3253-14 shall advance the sums included in the statement drawn up by the judicial representative, even if they are contested by a third party. They…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-152

At the end of each year, the total assets of each association in the event of death are distributed among the beneficiaries of members who died during the year, subject only to the deductions which ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-15

At the hearing, the judge hears the applicant and the persons summoned pursuant to article R. 3211-13 or their representative, as well as the public prosecutor when he is the principal party. The pers…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-15

The final approval decision is notified to the delegated production company or, in the case of a delegated co-production, to each of the two production companies. This decision states that, in the lig…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-15

The rapporteur's proposals and the file compiled by him shall be communicated to the owners of the patent and, where appropriate, to the licensees. The President shall lay down the conditions, date an…

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