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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and implementation of prenatal diagnosis

Article R2131-2-3

…ragraph of I of Article R. 2131-1, doctors or midwives carrying out the examinations referred to in 2° of I of this article transmit to the medical biologists carrying out the examinations referred to…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-12

…e products and contracts that they present or offer, leading to the issue of a training certificate;2° Or have six months' seniority in a position relating to the production or management of insurance…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Other collective investments

Article L214-191

…ny set up by a single person and whose articles of association expressly prohibit multiple members ;2° A société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R321-5-1

…n-life: reinsurance of risks of the same nature as those covered by the undertakings referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1; 2. Life: reinsurance of risks of the same nature as those covered by…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Special measures.

Article 20

1. In the cases listed in article 2 of law no. 83-1119 of 23 December 1983, the following may be decided, in accordance with the terms and conditions of application laid down by decree in the Conseil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260

The following may pay value added tax at their request: 1° (Provision no longer applicable). 2° Persons who let bare premises for the purposes of the business of a lessee liable for value added tax or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-13

By way of exception to 2° of article R. 4124-2, in overseas departments the representativeness of trade unions may be determined at departmental level.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article D3131-5

In the event of an increase in activity, the agreement provided for in article L. 3131-2 may provide for a reduction in the daily rest period.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to the immediate payment of fixed fines resulting in the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-27

I. - On the front of slips no. 2, 3, 4 and 5, on the left-hand side of "B. Encaissement", the offender and the ticketing officers affix their signatures under the words: "He acknowledges having been i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Updates

Article L224-25-26

…ons: 1° The contract authorises the principle of such updates and provides a valid reason for them; 2° The trader informs the consumer, in a clear and comprehensible manner, reasonably in advance and…

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