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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance

Article R5134-45

…ation aid, the latter is not due. Subject to the cases mentioned in articles R. 5134-46 and R. 5134-47, the employer then pays the Agence de services et de paiement or, where applicable, the départeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

…01 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-48

…forward financial instruments in the cases provided for in Articles R. 332-45, R. 332-46 and R. 332-47. Any forward financial transaction which no longer complies with the conditions set out in these…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Cooperation

Article L612-48

…neral of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers. Under their joint authority, he is responsible for implementing the missions mentioned in Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

…which comply with the requirements applicable to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of 23 August 1947, no. 65-48 of 8 January 1965, no. 86-594 of 14 March 1986, no. 89-78 of 7…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-48

…ade before the expiry of the six-month period provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 613-47. The absence of a warning does not engage the responsibility of the Institut national de la propr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-4

…r issued by the State representative. It immediately produces the effects referred to in article D. 47-29-3 of this code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-57

…se account required to evaluate the annual amount of this grant, mentioned in 3° of article D. 1413-47. If necessary, these missions may be the subject of an additional grant paid by the Agence nation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-48

The technical device referred to in article 230-47 is authorised: 1° As part of a flagrante delicto investigation, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1462

…s property tax: 1° Disaster loan groups set up under the provisions of articles 44 to 49 of law no. 47-580 of 30 March 1947; 2° Associations of war wounded and veterans recognised as being in the publ…

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