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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-12

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-11: 1° The way on-call duty is organised and the compensation for it are set by the employer, after consulting the social and economic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

In the situations provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article L. 321-1, in Article L. 321-1-1 or in Article L. 321-11-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may set up a collab…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4-1

…g persons may file an opposition on the basis of one or more of the rights mentioned in Article L. 712-4, provided that these rights belong to the same proprietor: 1° The proprietor of an earlier trad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-2-1

…urgeon or a doctor qualified in stomatology certifies on the health record mentioned in article L. 2132-1 that the examinations have been carried out. In the year following their eighteenth, twenty-fi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-6

…are filed with the clerk of the court of the registered office of each of the participating companies.A notice of the draft terms of merger is published by each of the companies participating in the o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-3

…ompany and provident institution, under French or foreign law, or a body referred to in article L. 214-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, is subject to compliance, by the French company taking part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-15

…ces which are the subject of non-commercial clinical investigations under the following conditions: 1° Medical devices included on the list mentioned in article L. 165-1 of the Social Security Code or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-40-1

People who are victims of one of the offences provided for in articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the Criminal Code, who have contributed by their testimony to the ascertainment of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Commitments and technical provisions

Article A343-1-3

…a fraction of the total unrealised loss referred to in article R. 343-5. This fraction is equal to :1/ dwhere d is the duration of the liabilities referred to in article A. 343-1-2.When the company de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Commitments and technical provisions

Article A343-1-2

…rudent estimate of the weighted average maturity of future payments relating to regulated commitments. This estimate must be a whole number and may not exceed 8. This duration is calculated annually f…

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