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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-20

1. When the person responsible for the damage has been identified, any victim of damage to property must, on pain of forfeiture of his rights with regard to the guarantee fund, send a declaration to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-22

If the ceilings are exceeded or if the objectives defined in Article D. 6332-18 are not achieved, the Minister responsible for vocational training will send the skills operator, by any means that prov…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to CCI France.

Article R712-26

The draft budgets, together with the accounts, are approved by the CCI France Finance Commission and adopted by its General Meeting under the conditions set out in Article R. 711-71.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R612-2

I. - On a proposal from its Chairman and by a two-thirds majority of its members, the plenary session of the AMF Board of Supervision may set up one or more specialised commissions referred to in Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Title V: Legal system for acts taken by the authorities of the local authority and relations between the State and the local authority

Article R6451-2

The specifications mentioned in article R. 6451-1 defines the overall architecture of the remote transmission chain for acts subject to legality control as well as the characteristics required for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency department structure.

Article R6123-25

Only health establishments authorised to carry out the activity mentioned in 3° of article R. 6123-1 inform the public that they provide emergency services and display an "emergency" sign. In the case…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-22

The authorised establishment or body sends the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, as…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Advance payments

Article R2191-21

The amount of the payments on account corresponds to the value of the services to which they relate. Where applicable, it is reduced by the corresponding fraction of the guarantee deduction mentioned…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-20

Personal data are classified, within the processing mentioned in article R. 142-16, in electronic files. There may be only one file for any one foreign national.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Breaches of legislation on financial relations with foreign countries

Article R165-2

Anyone who contravenes the obligation to declare set out in article R. 151-11 is liable to a fine equal to the maximum amount applicable to 4th class offences.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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