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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article L1453-8

The offer of a benefit covered by article L. 1453-7 is subject to the conclusion of an agreement between the beneficiary and the person referred to in article L. 1453-5. This agreement is subject to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R541-1

This Book, in the version in force at the time of publication of Decree no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010 , is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Articles R. 511-2 and R. 512-9 are applicable in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Establishment

Article R1422-2

…of :1° The departmental council and the municipal council ;2° The industrial tribunal(s) concerned;3° The first president of the court of appeal;4° Representative employers' and employees' organisati…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: General and compulsory formalities on pain of nullity of seizure reports.

Article 324

1. (a) As far as circumstances permit, seized goods and means of transport shall be taken to and deposited at the Customs office or post nearest to the place of seizure. Where there are several Custom…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special rights reserved for customs.

Article 387

1. When the offences referred to in articles 412, 1° to 5°, 414, 414-2 and 459 have been duly recorded by an official authorised for this purpose, the president of the judicial court may order, at the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-15

…'s accounts; 2° He/she submits to the Committee proposed audit assignments for the plan's accounts; 3° He/she monitors the expert appraisal assignments decided by the Committee pursuant to 3° of artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-8

…ed to in Article L. 481-1 or to any other natural or legal person concerned during the proceedings; 3° A written statement or a literal transcription or quotation of a written or oral statement, refer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Availability of savings

Article L224-5

…n the due date mentioned in article L. 224-1 : 1° The rights corresponding to the sums mentioned in 3° of article L. 224-2 are issued in the form of a life annuity; 2° The rights corresponding to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 326

Where a witness summoned fails to appear, the court may, on the application of the public prosecutor or even of its own motion, order that the witness be immediately brought before the court by the fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R2113-25

…de up of the sum of the tax potential, the lump-sum allocation, excluding the share provided for in 3° of I of Article L. 2334-7, of the communes from which the new commune is formed and, where applic…

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