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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-5

…or conferences eligible under 2° of article A. 822-28-3 have a continuous duration of at least one and a half hours and are organised for at least twenty participants. Each colloquium or conference g…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590-1

An applicant for judicial review who has not constituted a lawyer and has not lodged his statement of case within the time limit provided for in Article 584 shall forfeit his appeal. The same applies,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-5-2

…from assigning to third parties the insurance indemnity claims which it holds against him are null and void.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-5-2

I.-The difference between the number of women and the number of men among the members, other than the chairman, of each of the boards of directors of the establishments mentioned in articles L. 1142-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R450-2-5

A handwritten signature collected in digital format is validly affixed if the signatory has first been given the opportunity to acquaint himself with the document in digital format and if, subsequent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Civil status records

Article 1055-5

An application for a change of gender and, where applicable, forenames in civil status records, shall be brought: 1° Either before the court within whose jurisdiction the person concerned resides; >or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article D1222-58-2

…1222-58, export the labile blood products mentioned in article D. 1221-67-1 to foreign armed forces and, after checking that national requirements are met, export other labile blood products prepared…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-5

The risk management function of insurance and reinsurance undertakings that use a partial or full internal model approved in accordance with Articles L. 352-1 and R. 352-14 covers the tasks of designi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-55-2

…exploités en application des articles L. 321-1 et seq of the Internal Security Code are liquidated and paid monthly to a public accountant. The levies are settled for each gaming season, which runs f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-55-2

…bly is not subject to the provisions of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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