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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

…rovided for in Article L. 324-1, the provisions of Articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-16, L. 236-23 and L. 236-26 of the said Code do not apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-3

The provisions of articles L. 4131-2, L. 4141-4, L. 4151-6, L. 4221-15, L. 4241-10, L. 4311-12-1 and L. 4321-7 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to equity financing intermediaries

Article L573-17

…ns set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 573-15 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status

Article R5211-12

…cipal cooperation adopts the distribution of the sums pooled and paid back to the municipalities by 15 October of the year of distribution at the latest. It notifies its member municipalities of the d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-7

In application of the provisions of article L. 5132-15-1, the diagnosis of the situation of persons likely to benefit from working less than twenty hours must make it possible to establish that their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-925

Family solidarity leave is granted under the conditions set out in articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-15 of the French Labour Code and in the regulatory provisions adopted for their application to an assoc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R222-22

…uropean Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area mentioned in article L. 222-15 who wish to establish themselves on French territory in order to exercise the profession of sport…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-14

Subject to the application of the provisions of Article L. 722-15, no person may be appointed to exercise the functions of juge-commissaire under the conditions provided for in Book VI unless he has e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for notifying mobility

Article R421-28

For the application of article L. 421-15, the host establishment in France of the foreign national admitted to reside in another European Union Member State shall first notify the foreign national's m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-16

…ence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 723-15-2, set the date of incarceration after summoning the sentenced person and taking his observations…

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