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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-3

Companies subject to State supervision under article L. 310-1 which provide legal expenses insurance opt for one of the following management methods:-members of staff responsible for managing claims i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-3-1

…cquisition values of the annuity unit corresponding to the member's situation during the past year; 3° The total amount of vested rights expressed as a number of annuity units; 4° The service value of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2251-3-1

Municipalities and their groupings may award operating grants to the local structures of representative trade union organisations under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The organi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-3

…may, on the instructions of the sentence enforcement judge or, if the second paragraph of article 131-9 or the second paragraph of article 131-11 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement judge, re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-3-1

The employee participation rules applicable prior to the cross-border transaction shall continue to apply until the date of application of any rules agreed subsequently or, in the absence of agreement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-3-1

…ration can be considered as an act of daily life within the meaning of the provisions of article L. 313-26 of the same code, that this care or treatment has been prescribed by a doctor and that the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-3-1

Research carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation may be carried out on gametes intended to constitute an embryo or on an embryo conceived in vitro before or after its transfer for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-3-1

…ations issued by one of these States, which do not meet the conditions laid down in article L. 4141-3 but which allow the profession of dental surgeon to be legally practised in that State.In the even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Occupational therapists.

Article L4331-3-1

Occupational therapists may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the Member State which awarded them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. In c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-2-3

Where available, the certified information referred to in Article L. 4341-2-2 shall serve as supporting documents for the fulfilment of the obligations laid down in Article L. 4341-2.

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