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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Group insurance

Article A143-2

…y a supplementary professional retirement fund shall be provided, on request, within a period not exceeding one month:-the management report and annual accounts relating to the auxiliary allocation ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-2

Apprenticeship is a form of alternating education combining : 1° Training in one or more companies, based on the performance of one or more professional activities directly related to the qualificatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-24

Without prejudice to the obligation to carry out an expert assessment of sentenced persons covered by the provisions of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, in accordance with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-25

…is appointment, a director does not own the required number of shares or if, during his term of office, he ceases to own them, he shall be deemed to have resigned automatically if he has not rectified…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-25

…s been tried without the expert examination provided for by Article 706-115 has been carried out, except in cases where it is optional or has been deemed unnecessary pursuant to the provisions of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-22

…532-27, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall communicate the notifications received pursuant to I ofArticle L. 532-23 under the conditions provided for by the implementing regul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-25

…emploi, which is responsible for examining the declaration of candidacy, will issue an electronic receipt to the representative of the candidate organisation as soon as the declaration complies with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-49-2

The chairman who has ruled on a measure provided for in the first or second paragraph of III of Article L. 321-23-2 may not sit on the sanctions committee ruling on the situation of the same professio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article D2512-20

The commission is consulted on those provisions of the special budget of the police prefecture that relate to the financing of the Paris fire brigade.The consultative commission must also be asked for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article D2512-21

Within the limits of its competence, the consultative commission receives communication, when they are transmitted to the Paris council, of documents of a budgetary nature relating to the Paris fire b…

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