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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

I. - When, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21, the commitments of the insurance undertaking under an agreement are no longer represented in at least an equivalent manner by the assets…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L455-2

…rd de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25, articles L. 431-2, L.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

…es; the deferred salary, for the year ended and for the current year, instituted by the article L. 321-13 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information for holders

Article L224-7-1

…article L. 132-9-6 of the Insurance Code, article L. 223-10-5 of the Mutual Code and article L. 312-21-1 of this Code. This information may include the references and nature of the products as well as…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-2

…rocedure for granting credit, consult the national register of personal credit repayment incidents; 21° The period during which the creditor is bound by the pre-contractual information.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-2

Non-profit lending of labour is authorised. In this case, articles L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-24, 2° and 3° ofarticle L. 2312-6, 9° of II ofarticle L. 2312-26 andarticle L. 5221-4 of this Code as well as a…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-3

…or the Netherlands:de naamloze vennootschap;de besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid;21° For Poland:spólka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia:spólka komandytowoakcyjna;spólka akcyjna;22°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34

…lability of the voting system and the files provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 4031-21. It is competent to take any information and safeguard measures, including the temporary or defin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-168

…Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150 is required to transmit electronically to the European Medicines Agency a periodic safety upd…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3381-2

…L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3113-1, the words "mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the Labour Code" and "mentioned in article L. 344-2 du code de l'action sociale et des fam…

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