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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Common provisions.

Article D6124-479

…red in all establishments. The temperature of hospitalised patients' rooms must never be lower than 18 degrees. Electric lighting must be provided so that the lights can be switched off at night.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil liability insurance relating to a space operation

Article L176-1

…ation are governed by the provisions of Articles L. 175-4, L. 175-8, L. 175-11 to L. 175-15, L. 175-18, L. 175-19, L. 175-21, L. 175-22, L. 175-28 and L. 175-29 as well as by the provisions of this ch…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Procedure for recognition of statelessness

Article R582-3

…tent Prefect with a view to issuing the multi-annual residence permit referred to in Article L. 424-18.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-82

…ntegration pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the last paragraph of Article 706-25-18, it shall rule under the same conditions as those laid down when it orders a judicial measure to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability

Article A814-3

…ectors of the guarantee fund instituted in Article L. 814-3, established pursuant to Article R. 814-18and approved by the Garde des Sceaux, Minister for Justice, is set out in Annex 8-4 to this book.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-114

…t securities admitted to trading on a regulated market within the meaning of I of Article R. 214-32-18 and having made public, for at least one issue of such debt securities, at least one rating obtai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-20

…unication instead of postal dispatch to comply with the formalities provided for in articles R. 223-18 to R. 223-20, R. 223-20-2 and R. 223-20-3 submit the proposal to the members either by post or by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-22

…rities index, including through the use of techniques and instruments referred to in Article R. 214-18 and financial contracts, which meets the following conditions, verified by the Financial Markets…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-13

…mpany pension savings plan, with the exception of the provisions of Articles L. 3332-10 and L. 3332-18 to L. 3332-28 of the same code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment and individual compensation for damages

Article L1143-11

…hin the framework of the individual procedure provided for in Articles 69 to 71 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century and in Articles L. 77-10-10 to…

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