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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article R4362-11

The issue of corrective ocular contact lenses by a spectacle optician to a person wearing them for the first time is subject to the presentation of a medical or orthoptic prescription stating the corr…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-11

The judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 informs, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the opening of t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-11

In the event of contraventions or abuses committed by auction room operators that are likely to cause serious harm to the interests of the trade, the authorisation granted may be revoked by an act iss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exclusion of administrative contracts

Article R8272-11

When a temporary exclusion order is issued against a company, this order applies to the company and its legal manager, who may not bid for other administrative contracts, either personally or through…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-11

The Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board of the Union des entreprises et des salariés pour le logement verifies compliance with the accounting provisions applicable to the Fonds de garantie univer…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-113

Insurance policies issued by mutual insurance companies reinsured with a union must contain, in clearly visible characters, the name and address of the union and reproduce the clause in the reinsuranc…

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

Article R322-116

The reinsurance treaty entered into by a mutual insurance company with a union constituted under the terms of article L. 322-26-3 must specify that the union is jointly and severally liable, vis-à-vis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R2311-11

A. - The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected by the outstanding commitments. The outturn ba…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-11

The provisions of this chapter apply separately to each allocation sub-account established in application of article L. 134-2.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-11

The mediator has a period of three months in which to carry out his task, from the date of receipt of the request or, where applicable, from the date of receipt of the observations of the party or par…

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