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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-114

Unions of mutual insurance companies may only distribute surplus income in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 322-73 and R. 322-74 and, in addition, only after reimbursing the contribution…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 B

…evied for any amending or supplementary forms filed pursuant to paragraph 3 of article 34 of decree n° 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 taken for the application of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reformi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Safety

Article D282

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 214-28 du code pénitentiaire, en cas de décès d'une personne détenue, le chef de l'établissement donne les avis prévus à l'article D. 214-26 of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article R2223-66

Any contravention of the provisions of article L. 2223-4, of the articles R. 2213-2-1 to R. 2213-42, R. 2213-44 to R. 2213-46, R. 2223-74 to R. 2223-79 and Article R. 2223-89 is punishable by the pena…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4 : The impossibility for French nationals established outside France to celebrate their marriage abroad

Article 171-9

As an exception to articles 74 and 165, where the future spouses of the same sex, at least one of whom has French nationality, have their domicile or residence in a country that does not authorise mar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-13

The processing mentioned in article 230-12 may contain data on persons, without age limitation: 1° Against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence making it likely that they may have participa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article A322-6

In addition to the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article R. 322-74, the certificate referred to in Article R. 322-75 must contain the following information a) On the front:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-75

The only medical devices that may be used by the Agency, dispensed by the pharmacy and included on the list provided for in Article D. 6431-74 are those that have received the certification of conform…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-5

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 751-2 to L. 751-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 751-5Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2018-1125 du 12 décembre 2018 p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-7

The processing operations mentioned in article 230-6 may contain information on persons, without age limit, against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence making it likely that they may have…

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