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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employer representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2152-4

The following professional employers' organisations are representative at national and inter-professional level: 1° Which meet the criteria mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 2151-1; 2° Whose member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to the armed forces health service

Article L4011-5

…ing conditions:1° The Minister for Defence may authorise by order the implementation for all health professionals in the armed forces health service and throughout the national territory of the cooper…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-17

…ibitions on disclosure and free exploitation, if the procedure for drawing up the search report has not been initiated; -the fee for a request for limitation of a patent for invention where the limita…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-18

The incidental income that the National Institute of Industrial Property may receive from the exploitation of its documentary holdings and the sale of its publications shall be instituted by decision…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-17-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle collects the fees provided for in II of Article L. 123-54 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Support for members

Article R513-13

…its workforce, the products it distributes, the breakdown of its customer base between retail and professional customers and its product suppliers. The association shall make the data collected avai…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance rules

Article R513-15

…nd, it shall have at its disposal staff specifically assigned to the performance of these tasks and not engaged in the business of insurance distribution. It shall ensure that all its members comply w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Support for members

Article R513-12

The association is drawing up a guide to professional competence and ongoing professional training and development. This guide contains a list of training courses adapted to the levels of professional…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Support for members

Article R513-14

The association provides its members with all relevant information relating to changes in the regulations applicable to them. It informs them of any difficulties in the insurance or reinsurance market…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance rules

Article R513-17

In addition to the committee provided for in article R. 513-20, the association's articles of association set up a general meeting and a board of directors. These articles of association lay down the…

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