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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-4

Without prejudice to any actions that may be brought in accordance with ordinary law, full compensation for medical accidents, iatrogenic conditions and nosocomial infections attributable to preventiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Measures to combat specific risks

Article L3135-3

I. - Without prejudice to any actions that may be brought in accordance with ordinary law, full compensation for medical accidents, iatrogenic conditions and nosocomial infections attributable to prev…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-21

In order to determine whether the group Solvency Capital Requirement calculated on the basis of consolidated data in accordance with Article R. 356-19 appropriately reflects the risk profile of the gr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-1

…etition Authority's investigation departments authorised for this purpose by the general rapporteur may carry out any investigation necessary for the application of the provisions of Titles II and III…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article L3121-9-1

The chairman may decide that the meeting of the departmental council is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the departmental council is held by videoconference, the qu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-5-1

The President of the Assembly of Corsica may decide that the meeting of the Assembly is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Assembly of Corsica is held by videocon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-25

The authorised body shall render the accounts provided for in Article D. 1611-22 at least once a year. This presentation must be made within a timeframe that allows the principal's public accountant t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…inary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appointed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-39

…with the provisions of Directive 2001/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the AIFM, its initial legal representative an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…rsonal training account as part of the civic commitment account in application of article L. 5151-9 may still be used to finance training initiatives designed to enable volunteers and voluntary firefi…

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