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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-16-1

By way of derogation from the allocations provided for in the first paragraph of Article A. 132-16 and in exceptional situations, the provision for profit sharing may be written back after authorisati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L1274-3

…ffences set out in articles 511-2, 511-3, 511-4, 511-5, 511-5-1, 511-5-2, 511-6, 511-9, 511-15, 511-16 and 511-19 is punishable by the same penalties. "

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information for users.

Article L4411-6

…conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, and by regul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Various establishments used to serve sentences

Article D70

…of the Penitentiary Code or in the quarters of the penitentiary centres mentioned in article R. 112-16 of the same code and corresponding to these establishments. In exceptional circumstances, prisons…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-4

Articles L. 626-2 to L. 626-5, L. 626-12 and L. 626-16 to L. 626-19 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to any person with direct or indirect authority to bind an insurance undertaking, inclu…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Definitive advertising

Article R533-2

…2428 of the French Civil Code and for pledges of business assets in accordance with articles L. 143-16 and R. 521-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code. Only one fee or one real estate security cont…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property and establishments

Article L2544-11

…for such enjoyment and distribution, observing the provisions of the articles L. 2544-12 à L. 2544-16.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions for technological disasters

Article R421-78

The ceiling referred to in Article L. 421-16 is 100,000 euros. This amount is revised in line with changes in the construction cost index published by the Institut national de la statistique et des ét…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Claims for compensation for damage caused by an act of terrorism

Article R50-69

…ere the investigating or trial court refers the case pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 706-16-1, a copy of the referral decision and, where applicable, of the claim for compensation for the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal associations (R).

Article R2113-22

…under the conditions referred to in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010de réforme des collectivités territoriales.

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