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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15

…tions and their unions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Code de la sécurité sociale, and tontines. Up to these thresholds or up to half of the fund, if this half is greater than these thresholds,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article R351-3

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

The municipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolis may, by a deliberation taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-12

…ly takes place.A decree in the Council of State sets out the procedures for applying these provisions..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-12

…ly takes place.A decree in the Council of State sets out the procedures for applying these provisions..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

…4314-1 of this Code are also responsible for investigating and recording breaches of these provisions.To this end, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers have the powers provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

The provisions of Title I of Book III of this Part relating to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products established in Title II of Book III of the same Part shall apply with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-17

…available to the public concerning entities whose assets serve as underlyings for credit derivatives. The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall specify the conditions of app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-27

The owner implements the recommendations mentioned in article R. 1334-20 as follows: 1° The periodic assessment of the state of preservation of materials and products on list A containing asbestos is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-8

When it is necessary to elect the president of the commercial court, the general meeting of the court shall be convened under the conditions and within the time limits provided for in the second parag…

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