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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-2

…sification provision referred to in Article R. 343-3, the requirement referred to in Article R. 334-13 is set at 1% of the said provision. For the application of article R. 334-13-1, management expens…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-2

I.-For the purposes mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, the High Council shall, at their request, communicate the information or documents that it holds or that it collects to the authorities of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-2-1

…palities affected by the territorial redeployment of armed forces. The communes of French Polynesia and New Caledonia are eligible for this fund. The distribution of the fund's credits takes into acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-22-1

…n two months after the renewal of the Conseil Supérieur de la Prud'homie provided for in Article R. 1431-8, of the name of the judge of their court whom they propose to appoint pursuant to 2° of Artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-2-1

…t require immediate coffining in a sealed coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in Article R. 2213-27, and its closure; b) The list of transmissible infections that require immediate coffining i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Company or establishment agreements

Article D2232-1-2

For the application of the seventh paragraph of II of article L. 2232-9, the most diligent party transmits to the standing joint negotiation and interpretation committee company agreements and convent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryonic stem cell research.

Article R2151-12-2

The declaration of an embryonic stem cell research protocol provided for in Article L. 2151-6 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means enabling receipt to be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article R743-139-26

…de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce does not comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions governing the formation and operation of sociétés de participations financ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article R743-139-25

…des tribunaux de commerce shall notify the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce and the Garde des sceaux, Minister of Justice, by teleprocedure on the website of the Ministry of Ju…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4331-12-2

…er on a special list. The Prefect will send the applicant a receipt showing the registration number and, in the case of partial access, the professional title under which he is authorised to practise…

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